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Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050

by Tim Dixon, John Connaughton, Stuart Green

February 2018

Intermediate to advanced

408 pages

15h 47m

English

Wiley-Blackwell

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1.1 Background and context1.2 Sustainable futures in the built environment: some important definitions1.3 Futures studies in construction: an overview and critique1.4 Conceptual framework for the book1.5 Overview of bookReferences

2.1 Introduction2.2 Hot in the city: urbanisation and changing urban climates2.3 Policies and guidelines in the UK relating to climate change and the built environment2.4 Climate adaptation options: modelling tomorrow’s buildings today2.5 New approaches: combining city growth, weather and building energy models2.6 Prospects and challenges for constructing resilient built environments2.7 ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferences
3.1 Real estate and sustainability3.2 Building environmental assessment methods3.3 Sustainability risks3.4 Green value3.5 ConclusionReferences
4.1 Introduction: The ‘sustainable community’ in crisis4.2 Sustainable communities: an ambiguous goal in an unsustainable system4.3 Local perspectives on sustainable and prosperous communities4.4 Connecting the future and the present4.5 Building prosperity: re‐thinking value and innovation in the built environment4.6 ConclusionReferences
5.1 Introduction5.2 Why is thinking about cities important?5.3 The evolution and growth of the future cities discourse: from garden cities to smart cities5.4 Being ‘smart and sustainable’: what does it mean for a city?5.5 Driving forces for smart and sustainable cities5.6 Smart and sustainable cities in practice5.7 What is the future for ‘future cities’?5.8 Conclusions: opportunities and challenges to 2050References
6.1 Introduction6.2 Infrastructure policy6.3 Key challenges6.4 Planning for uncertainty6.5 Infrastructure systems modelling6.6 Analysing future infrastructure choices: examples from the energy and solid waste sectors6.7 Critical uncertainties6.8 ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferences
7.1 Introduction7.2 The social production of space, place and environment7.3 Sustainable community7.4 Architectural design7.5 Impact of architectural design7.6 Critical regionalism7.7 Future vision case studies7.8 The futureReferences
8.1 Introduction8.2 Sustainability and planning8.3 Future trends and opportunities8.4 ConclusionReferences
9.1 Introduction9.2 Our common future9.3 Systems thinking for sustainability9.4 Meanwhile back in the UK construction sector9.5 Modernisation of the construction sector9.6 Sustainable construction as a ‘wicked’ problem9.7 Strategy for sustainable construction9.8 The battle lines for sustainability9.9 Conclusions: towards 2050 and beyondReferences
10.1 Introduction10.2 Construction procurement and related practices10.3 Concepts of sustainable procurement10.4 Sustainable procurement in construction10.5 Looking ahead to 2050: meeting key challenges10.6 ConclusionsReferences
11.1 Introduction11.2 Historic trends11.3 Classifying social media11.4 Future context11.5 Future scenarios11.6 ConclusionsReferences
12.1 Introduction12.2 Complexity versus sustainability12.3 Greenwashed change in an era of urgency12.4 The externality of performance12.5 Looking ahead to 205012.6 ConclusionsReferences
13.1 A view from ‘the middle’13.2 Built environment professionals as sustainability advocates13.3 Challenges in being a sustainability advocate13.4 Opportunities for more effective sustainability advocacy13.5 Personal reflections on practice13.6 ConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferences
14.1 Introduction: energy interactions14.2 Emerging trends with energy supply and power system challenges14.3 Understanding energy demand14.4 Balancing supply and demand14.5 Characteristics of balancing options14.6 Emerging challenges14.7 ConclusionsReferences
15.1 Introduction15.2 Background15.3 Central themes of innovation15.4 Where to look at the problem from15.5 Sustained innovation uptake through networks15.6 Incentives for the supply network15.7 Market networks15.8 Summary: seeing both the wood and the trees15.9 Concluding thoughtsReferences
16.1 Introduction16.2 Previous futures16.3 Social appropriateness of digital technologies16.4 Socio‐digital integration16.5 Conclusions: the consequences for humanising the digital worldReferences
17.1 Introduction17.2 Understanding the future17.3 What lies ahead for the built environment? Lessons from the chapters17.4 Shaping the future: techniques, practice and policyReferences

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Tim Dixon is Professor of Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment at the University of Reading (School of the Built Environment). With more than 30 years’ experience in education, training and research in the built environment, he leads the Sustainability in the Built Environment network at the University of Reading and is co‐director of the TSBE doctoral training centre (Technologies for a Sustainable Built Environment). He has co‐led major UK research council research projects on brownfield land and urban retrofit, and is currently working with local and regional partners to develop a Reading 2050 smart and sustainable city vision, which also connected with the UK BIS Future Cities Foresight Programme. Recently he has worked on funded research projects on smart cities and big data, smart and sustainable districts, and social sustainability for housebuilders. Tim is a member of the Climate Change Berkshire Group, and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities and UK Stakeholders’ Group on Smart Cities. He is also a member of the editorial boards of four leading international real‐estate journals, a member of the Advisory Board for Local Economy, a member of the review panel for Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, a mentor for the Villiers Park Educational Trust, and a member of the review panels of EPSRC and the RICS Research Paper Series. He was also a member of the international scientific committee for the national Visions ...