Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
Models and the Built World
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 406 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-21770-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Models change our worlds. From global carbon flux models to regional coastal flood prediction maps, climate-related models influence how we know our environment, how we build our cities, and how we act on a climate-altered planet. Yet such models typically require specialized knowledge to navigate, and because the climate crisis is inherently multidimensional, technical expertise in isolation is not enough.
Climate Changed examines models and their imperfect yet central role in understanding the relationship between global climate dynamics and the human-built environment. It compares and synthesizes the methods and function of models in disciplines ranging from architecture and planning to climate science and natural hazards research. This book considers how disparate models are woven together to understand the climate crisis, underscoring the necessity of combining locally situated and transdisciplinary knowledge with climate science to navigate current and future cataclysmic changes. It highlights the challenges and consequences of disciplinary boundaries, siloed scientific knowledge, and uneven data and develops ways to overcome these limitations.
As the world faces the effects of climate change, climate scientists are debating the future of their field; architects, engineers, and planners are designing in the context of climate change; and society at large is grappling with how to take action. This book brings those communities together to chart a path forward.
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Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction, by Mara Freilich, Irmak Turan, Jessica Varner, and Lizzie Yarina
Part I: Know
1. The Sahara on the March: The Limits of Nineteenth-Century Colonial Climatology, by Philipp Nicolas Lehmann
2. Storm Surge Models: The Multidimensionality of Risk and6969 Resilience, by Talea L. Mayo
3. Characterizing Climate Change Uncertainty: General Circulation Models and the Kenya Dilemma, by Megan Lickley
4. Modeling the Unseen: Implicit Bias in Building Performance Simulation, by Tarek Rakha and Erin Heidelberger
5. Atmospheres: Anthropogenic Images and the Mystification of Mist, by Caroline A. Jones
Part II: Build
6. Climate Projections, Education, and Action in Miami, by Zelalem Adefris
7. The Groundwork Network: Cocreating Resilient Communities, by Brad Buschur, Cate Mingoya-LaFortune, Tennis Lily, and Eddie Rosa
8. Rethinking the Dutch Delta Approach, by Ruben Dahm, Frederiek Sperna Weiland, and Jaap Kwadijk
9. Using Physical Modeling to Assess Long-Term Weather and Climate Risk, by Kerry Emanuel
10. Catastrophe Risk Models and the Management of Built Environments-at-Risk, by Zac J. Taylor
Part III: Act
11. Messy Models and Missing Pieces: Interrogating the Problem Frame to Support Climate Justice in Nairobi and the Eastern Coachella Valley, by Chelina Odbert and Joe Mulligan
12. Monitoring Disaster Response and Recovery Through Black Marble Nighttime Lights Data, by Ranjay Shrestha, Miguel O. Román, and Eleanor Stokes
13. (Ad)Just Recovery: Landscape, Climate, and Adaptation in Eastern North Carolina, by Travis Klondike, Kofi Boone, and Andrew Fox
14. Pluralizing the Production and Use of Climate Models, by Marcus Thomson and Emma Colven
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Index
