Extreme weather hits home [[electronic resource] ] : protecting your buildings from climate change / / John Banta
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| Autore: |
Banta John <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Extreme weather hits home [[electronic resource] ] : protecting your buildings from climate change / / John Banta
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola, B.C., : New Society Publishers, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 693.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Buildings - Protection |
| Dwellings - Safety measures | |
| Dwellings - Maintenance and repair | |
| Climatic changes | |
| Building failures - Prevention | |
| Natural disasters | |
| Preparedness | |
| Architecture and climate | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Paula Baker-Laporte; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Good Buildings Go Bad; Chapter 2: How Homes are Damaged by Climate Change; Chapter 3: Wind Storms; Chapter 4: Tornados; Chapter 5: Hurricanes; Chapter 6: Lightning; Chapter 7: Hail; Chapter 8: Flooding; Chapter 9: Rising Temperatures; Chapter 10: Drought and Desertification; Chapter 11: Heat Waves; Chapter 12: Fires; Chapter 13: Expansive Soils; Chapter 14: Melting Permafrost; Chapter 15: Rising Sea Level; Chapter 16: Trapped Moisture; Chapter 17: Freezing; Chapter 18: Ice Damming |
| Chapter 19: Frozen PlumbingChapter 20: Earthquakes; Chapter 21: The Building Site; Chapter 22: The Foundation; Chapter 23: The Walls; Chapter 24: The Roof; Chapter 25: Insurance, Financial Impacts and Assistance; Chapter 26: Conclusions; References; Resources and Essential Reading; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | How to spot early warning signs of costly climate change damage to your home. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Extreme weather hits home |
| ISBN: | 1-282-46528-7 |
| 1-55092-350-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782523103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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