Sustainable futures in the built environment to 2050 : a foresight approach to construction and development / edited by Tim Dixon, John Connaughton and Stuart Green.

Sustainable futures in the built environment to 2050 : a foresight approach to construction and development / edited by Tim Dixon, John Connaughton and Stuart Green.

9781119063803 (electronic book)
1119063809 (electronic book)
9781119063834 (electronic book)
1119063833 (electronic book)
9781119063827
1119063825
9781119063810 paperback

Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2018.

©2018

English

1 online resource (xxi, 385 pages)

HC79.E5 S8627 2018

338.4/7624

Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors ix Notes on Contributors x Foreword xiv Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix Book Endorsements xx 1 Introduction: Foresight and Futures Studies in Construction and Development 1 Tim Dixon, John Connaughton and Stuart Green Part 1 Sustainability and the Built Environment 25 2 Climate Change, Resilience and the Built Environment 27 Janet F. Barlow, Li Shao and Stefan T. Smith 3 Sustainability in Real Estate Markets 50 Jorn van de Wetering 4 From the 'Sustainable Community' to Prosperous People and Places: Inclusive Change in the Built Environment 72 Saffron Woodcraft and Constance Smith 5 Smart and Sustainable?: The Future of 'Future Cities' 94 Tim Dixon 6 Sustainable Infrastructure 117 Martino Tran, Jim Hall, Robert Nicholls, Adrian Hickford, Modassar Chaudry and Geoff Watson 7 Sustainable Design of the Built Environment 137 Lorraine Farrelly Part 2 Changing Professional Practice 155 8 Planning for Sustainability: Reflections on a Necessary Activity 157 Joe Doak and Gavin Parker 9 Sustainable Construction: Contested Knowledge and the Decline of Professionalism 172 Stuart Green 10 Sustainable Procurement 194 John Connaughton and Will Hughes 11 Social Media in the Built Environment 223 Bob Thompson Part 3 Provocations about the Future: Practitioners' Viewpoints 249 12 Sustainability through Collaboration and Skills Development 251 Andy Ford and Aaron Gillich 13 Built Environment Professionals as Sustainability Advocates 270 Gerard Healey Part 4 Transformative Technologies and Innovation 285 14 Energy Interactions: The Growing Interplay between Buildings and Energy Networks 287 Phil Coker and Jacopo Torriti 15 Sustained Innovation Uptake in Construction 310 Graeme D. Larsen 16 Humanising the Digital: A Cautionary View of the Future 325 Ian J. Ewart Part 5 Conclusions and Common Themes 337 17 Understanding and Shaping Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050 339 Tim Dixon, John Connaughton and Stuart Green Index.

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