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Retrofitting the City: Residential Flexibility, Resilience and the Built Environment
Stefan Bouzarovski
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Description for Retrofitting the City: Residential Flexibility, Resilience and the Built Environment
Hardcover. Series: International Library of Human Geography. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 bw integrated. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634.
Cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world s energy consumption. If we are to reduce our demands on the planet s resources how can we make our urban areas more energy efficient? One way is to refit existing buildings with more thermally efficient building materials. But such retrofitting involves significant issues of social acceptance and public participation. Retrofitting the City provides an important corrective to the assumptions that have been made concerning the ability of people and places to cope with such residential transformation. Drawing upon case studies from a number of European cities that have undergone far-reaching change ... Read more
Cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world s energy consumption. If we are to reduce our demands on the planet s resources how can we make our urban areas more energy efficient? One way is to refit existing buildings with more thermally efficient building materials. But such retrofitting involves significant issues of social acceptance and public participation. Retrofitting the City provides an important corrective to the assumptions that have been made concerning the ability of people and places to cope with such residential transformation. Drawing upon case studies from a number of European cities that have undergone far-reaching change ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
International Library of Human Geography
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531508
SKU
V9781784531508
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About Stefan Bouzarovski
Stefan Bouzarovski is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Centre for Urban Resilience at the University of Manchester and is a leading international authority on energy and urban policy.
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