Extreme weather hits home : protecting your buildings from climate change
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : John Banta
- ناشر : Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780865715936
Description
Introduction; Why Good Buildings Go Bad; How Homes are Damaged by Climate Change; Wind Storms; Tornados; Hurricanes; Lightning; Hail; Flooding; Rising Temperatures; Drought and Desertification; Heat Waves; Fires; Expansive Soils; Melting Permafrost; Rising Sea Level; Trapped Moisture; Freezing; Ice Damming; Frozen Plumbing; Earthquakes; The Building Site; The Foundation; The Walls; The Roof; Insurance, Financial Impacts and Assistance; Conclusions; Index.
Shows how to protect your home or business from climate change. This title focuses on the following areas: risk and causal assessment, due to region and soil; extreme weather's rapid and slow effects; site, foundation, wall, and roof considerations and modifications; and, insurance options.
