Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Biographies -- Foreword -- Preface -- Reviews -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Overview -- 1.1 The Future (or 'Tomorrow's World') of Cities -- 1.2 The Structure of the Book -- 1.2.1 Part One: Governance and Dynamics of Urban Retrofit -- 1.2.2 Part Two: Modelling Urban Transitions and Pathways -- 1.2.3 Part Three: Steering and Navigating Sustainable Urban Transitions -- 1.2.4 Part Four: Overview of Key Themes from the Book -- References -- Part I Governance and Dynamics of Urban Retrofit -- Chapter 2 Community Housing Retrofit in the UK and the Civics of Energy Consumption -- Overview -- 2.1 Challenges to Systemic Housing Retrofit -- 2.2 Community and Low‐Carbon Futures -- 2.3 Community Housing Retrofit -- 2.3.1 Community as Local Governance Strategy -- 2.3.2 Community as Identity -- 2.3.3 Community as Learning Network -- 2.3.4 Community as Ethical Commitment -- 2.4 Community Housing Retrofit and the Civics of Low‐carbon Transitions -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 'City-wide or City-blind'? An Analysis of Retrofit Practices in the UK Commercial Property Sector -- Overview -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 UK Commercial Property: Nature and Characteristics of Commercial Property -- 3.3 What Conceptual Frameworks Can We Use to Understand Commercial Property Retrofitting? -- 3.4 Research Findings -- 3.4.1 'Who'? - The Main Stakeholders in the Commercial Property Retrofit Regime and the Nature of the Regime -- 3.4.2 'What'? - Retrofit Defined and the Key Technologies Being Used -- 3.4.3 'Why'? - The Key Drivers and Barriers -- 3.4.4 'How'? - Institutional Frameworks, Legislation and Monitoring/Standards -- 3.5 Conclusions and Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References.

Chapter 4 Performance Gap in 'Deep' Retrofit of Housing: Issues at the Design and Construction Interface -- Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Defining the Performance Gap -- 4.3 Methodology - Expert Interviews -- 4.4 Findings -- 4.4.1 Theme 1 - Understanding and Skills -- 4.4.2 Theme 2 - Working Practices -- 4.4.3 Theme 3 - Hard to Treat -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Transforming the Commercial Property Market in Australians Cities: Contemporary Practices and the Future Potential in Green Roof Retrofit -- Overview -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Green Roofs Defined -- 5.3 Retrofit Issues in Commercial Stock in Australian Cities -- 5.4 Drivers for Green Roofs -- 5.5 Transformation of the Commercial Property Stock -- 5.6 Valuation Issues -- 5.7 Retrofitting Investment to Date -- 5.8 Taxation Considerations -- 5.9 Contemporary Practices -- 5.9.1 Green Roof Retrofit in Commercial Stock - Case Studies from Melbourne and Sydney -- 5.10 Future Potential in Green Roof Retrofit -- 5.11 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II Modelling Urban Transitions and Pathways -- Chapter 6 Modelling Residential Retrofit: Insights on the Effect of Regional Characteristics for the Cardiff City Region -- Overview -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Context -- 6.2.1 Role of Local Government -- 6.2.2 Cardiff Domestic Stock: History and Legacy -- 6.3 Methodology -- 6.4 Results -- 6.4.1 Wall Insulation -- 6.4.2 Loft Insulation -- 6.4.3 Glazing -- 6.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Weatherproofing Urban Social Housing for a Changing Climate Through Retrofitting: A Holistic Approach -- Overview -- 7.1 Scope -- 7.2 The UK Housing Retrofit Challenge and Potential Unintended Consequences -- 7.3 Challenges and Opportunities for Social Housing Retrofit -- 7.4 The Building Envelope as a Climate Modifier.

7.5 The Role of Seasonal Health Policy -- 7.6 South Islington: A Case Study -- 7.6.1 Climate Risk Awareness and Behaviour -- 7.6.2 Indoor Summer Thermal Comfort and Environmental Quality -- 7.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8 What is Hindering Adaptation to Climate Change in English Suburbs, and What Would Help Facilitate Action? -- Overview -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 What is the Suburban Retrofitting Problem? -- 8.3 Hot in the Suburbs? -- 8.4 How Does the Current Literature Explain Why Retrofitting Might Happen? -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 The Value of Foresight and Scenarios in Engineering Liveable Future Cities -- Overview -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Retrofitting the Underworld -- 9.3 The Foresight Future of Cities Project -- 9.4 Scenarios -- 9.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part III Steering and Navigating Sustainable Urban Transitions -- Chapter 10 Urban Sustainability Transition: : Retrofitting the City -- Overview -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Transitions as the Analytical Starting Point for Addressing Urban Transitions -- 10.3 Sustainability Transitions in Urban Areas -- 10.4 A Transition in the Urban Built Environment? -- 10.5 Transition Project 'Energiesprong' -- 10.6 Transition Management and the Built Environment -- 10.7 Outlook: Transitioning the City? -- References -- Chapter 11 Presenting Futures: London 2062 -- Overview -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 UCL's Grand Challenges -- 11.3 London 2062 -- 11.3.1 Connections -- 11.3.2 Things -- 11.3.3 Power -- 11.3.4 Dreams -- 11.3.5 Imagining the Future City -- 11.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 Framing New Retrofit Models for Regenerating Australia's Fast Growing Cities -- Overview -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Current State, Future Trajectories and Retrofitting Challenges for Australia's Largest Cities.

12.3 The Challenge of Regenerative Urban Transition -- 12.3.1 Scale of Built Environment Innovation -- 12.3.2 Urban Form and Fabric -- 12.3.3 Urban Development Arenas -- 12.4 Greyfield Infill Redevelopment -- 12.5 Towards a New Model for Residential Precinct Regeneration -- 12.5.1 Public Housing as a Catalyst for Neighbourhood Regeneration -- 12.5.2 Precinct Regeneration in Greyfields Private Property Market: Municipal Housing Strategies as a Catalyst for Neighbourhood Regeneration -- 12.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 13 City-regional Futures in Context: Insights from the Retrofit 2050 Project -- Overview -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 City Futures as Guiding Visions -- 13.3 How Can We Use City Visions to Understand City Futures of Tomorrow? -- 13.4 Exploring Visions of Cities in Context: Cardiff 2050 -- 13.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 14 National Policies for Local Urban Sustainability: A New Governance Approach? -- Overview -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Four National Sustainable City Programmes in Profile -- 14.2.1 Eco Cities (India) -- 14.2.2 EcoQuartier (France) -- 14.2.3 Eco-Model City (Japan) -- 14.2.4 Future Cities (UK) -- 14.3 Comparative Observations -- 14.3.1 Shaping the Content of Local Agendas -- 14.3.2 Governance Innovation -- 14.3.3 Factors Co-determining Policy Implementation Success/Failure -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References -- Part IV Overview of Key Themes from the Book -- Chapter 15 Conclusions and Reflections: Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World -- Overview -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Critical Factors for Successful Urban Retrofit Transition -- 15.2.1 Emerging Themes from the Book -- 15.2.2 EPSRC Retrofit 2050: Main Findings -- 15.3 Summary: Foresight for a Tomorrow's World of Cities -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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