Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Eames, Malcolm; Lannon, Simon; Hunt, Miriam; Dixon, Tim

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Produktbeschreibung

A groundbreaking exploration of the most promising new ideas for creating the sustainable cities of tomorrow

The culmination of a four-year collaborative research project undertaken by leading UK universities, in partnership with city authorities, prominent architecture firms, and major international consultants, Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World explores the theoretical and practical aspects of the transition towards sustainability in the built environment that will occur in the years ahead. The emphasis throughout is on emerging systems innovations and bold new ways of imagining and re-imagining urban retrofitting, set within the context of 'futures-based' thinking.

The concept of urban retrofitting has gained prominence within both the research and policy arenas in recent years. While cities are often viewed as a source of environmental stress and resource depletion they are also hubs of learning and innovation offering enormous potential for scaling up technological responses. But city-level action will require a major shift in thinking and a scaling up of positive responses to climate change and the associated threats of environmental and social degradation. Clearly the time has come for a more coordinated, planned, and strategic approach that will allow cities to transition to a sustainable future. This book summarizes many of the best new ideas currently in play on how to achieve those goals.

• Reviews the most promising ideas for how to approach planning and coordinating a more sustainable urban future by 2050 through retrofitting existing structures
• Explores how cities need to govern for urban retrofit and how future urban transitions and pathways can be managed, modeled and navigated
• Offers inter-disciplinary insights from international contributors from both the academic and professional spheres
• Develops a rigorous conceptual framework for analyzing existing challenges and fostering innovative ways of addressing those challenges

Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World is must-reading for academic researchers, including postgraduates insustainability, urban planning, environmental studies, economics, among other fields. It is also an important source of fresh ideas and inspiration for town planners, developers, policy advisors, and consultants working within the field of sustainability, energy, and the urban environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119007227
• Artikelnr.: 52577376

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Eames, PhD until recently held a professorial chair in Low Carbon Research with the Low Carbon Research Institute at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK, and was the Principal Investigator for the EPSRC Retrofit 2050 project.  Tim Dixon, PhD holds a professorial chair in Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment in the School of the Built Environment at the University of Reading and leads the Sustainability in the Built Environment (SustBE) network.  Miriam Hunt is a PhD student at School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. Simon Lannon, PhD is a research fellow at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, UK. 

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors xi

Biographies xv

Foreword xxi

Preface xxiii

Reviews xxv

1 Introduction 1
Tim Dixon, Malcolm Eames, Miriam Hunt and Simon Lannon

1.1 The Future (or 'Tomorrow's World') of Cities 4

1.2 The Structure of the Book 7

1.2.1 Part One: Governance and Dynamics of Urban Retrofit 7

1.2.2 Part Two: Modelling Urban Transitions and Pathways 10

1.2.3 Part Three: Steering and Navigating Sustainable Urban Transitions 11

1.2.4 Part Four: Overview of Key Themes from the Book 14

References 14

Part I Governance and Dynamics of Urban Retrofit 17

2 Community Housing Retrofit in the UK and the Civics of Energy Consumption 19
Andrew Karvonen

2.1 Challenges to Systemic Housing Retrofit 20

2.2 Community and Low?]Carbon Futures 21

2.3 Community Housing Retrofit 22

2.3.1 Community as Local Governance Strategy 23

2.3.2 Community as Identity 23

2.3.3 Community as Learning Network 24

2.3.4 Community as Ethical Commitment 25

2.4 Community Housing Retrofit and the Civics of Low?]carbon Transitions 26

2.5 Conclusions 27

References 28

3 'City?]wide or City?]blind'? An Analysis of Retrofit Practices in the UK Commercial Property Sector 33
Tim Dixon

3.1 Introduction 34

3.2 UK Commercial Property: Nature and Characteristics of Commercial Property 36

3.3 What Conceptual Frameworks Can We Use to Understand Commercial Property Retrofitting? 37

3.4 Research Findings 40

3.4.1 'Who'? - The Main Stakeholders in the Commercial Property Retrofit Regime and the Nature of the Regime 40

3.4.2 'What'? - Retrofit Defined and the Key Technologies Being Used 41

3.4.3 'Why'? - The Key Drivers and Barriers 42

3.4.4 'How'? - Institutional Frameworks, Legislation and Monitoring/Standards 45

3.5 Conclusions and Discussion 46

Acknowledgements 48

References 48

4 Performance Gap in 'Deep' Retrofit of Housing: Issues at the Design and Construction Interface 53
Will Swan, Niloufar Bayat and Graeme Sheriff

4.1 Introduction 53

4.2 Defining the Performance Gap 55

4.3 Methodology - Expert Interviews 56

4.4 Findings 58

4.4.1 Theme 1 - Understanding and Skills 58

4.4.2 Theme 2 - Working Practices 60

4.4.3 Theme 3 - Hard to Treat 62

4.5 Conclusions 63

References 64

5 Transforming the Commercial Property Market in Australians Cities: Contemporary Practices and the Future Potential in Green Roof Retrofit 69
Sara J. Wilkinson, Paul van der Kallen, Allan Teale and Hera Antoniades

5.1 Introduction 69

5.2 Green Roofs Defined 70

5.3 Retrofit Issues in Commercial Stock in Australian Cities 72

5.4 Drivers for Green Roofs 73

5.5 Transformation of the Commercial Property Stock 75

5.6 Valuation Issues 76

5.7 Retrofitting Investment to Date 78

5.8 Taxation Considerations 79

5.9 Contemporary Practices 80

5.9.1 Green Roof Retrofit in Commercial Stock - Case Studies from Melbourne and Sydney 80

5.10 Future Potential in Green Roof Retrofit 85

5.11 Conclusions 86

Acknowledgements 87

References 87

Part II Modelling Urban Transitions and Pathways 91

6 Modelling Residential Retrofit: Insights on the Effect of Regional Characteristics for the Cardiff City Region 93
Malcolm Eames, Simon Lannon, Miriam Hunt and Aliki Georgakaki

6.1 Introduction 93

6.2 Co