Climate change can no longer be ignored. It is globally recognised that the evidence for climate change is unequivocal and that action needs to be taken in order to address its negative effects. These effects, such as warmer and drier summers and more extreme rainfall, may threaten the quality of life of those living in urban environments. To limit these threats, a number of climate change adaptation measures can be taken to pre-empt the negative effects of climate change.

The challenge of in...

This book addresses the question of how to design in a historical context. How to get a grip on a site? How can a designer incorporate actual qualities of the heritage in the design? In three chapters, it is described how the conservation of heritage has increasingly become an issue of planning and intervention, with the specific cultural heritage qualities of a site as the starting point for transformation.

There are several different approaches to embed the design in the site: focussing on ...

De uitgangspunten zijn eenvoudig: we leven op een eindige aarde. Wat grondstoffen betreft, komt er niks bij en gaat er niets vanaf. De enige min of meer oneindige bron van energie is de zon. Inmiddels zijn we er achter dat we volledig over moeten schakelen op hernieuwbare energie, met name zonne- en windenergie, en dat we tegelijkertijd de kringlopen van grondstoffen op aarde gesloten moeten houden. Circulair is dus niet alleen recyclen, maar ook grondstofvoorraden herstellen. Anders raken ze...