Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change

Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Claes Goran-Granqvist is Professor in the Department of Engineering Science at Uppsala University, Sweden. Professor Granqvist's research is focused on optical and electrical properties of materials, especially thin films for energy efficiency and solar energy utilization. He has published around 730 research papers in mostly refereed journals, over 30 books, had invited conference presentations at about 250 international conferences and chaired about 30 international meetings.

• 1. Introduction to Adapting the Built Environment for Climate ChangePART 1 RISK ASSESSMENT AND SCENARIOS OF CLIMATIC RESILIENCE 2. A framework for risk assessment of climate change3. Scenarios for urban resilience - Perspective on climate change resilience at the end of the 21st century of a PV-powered mixed-use energy community in two European capitals.4. Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate EmergenciesPART 2 CLIMATE EMERGENCY ADAPTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURES5. Climate resilient transportation infrastructures in coastal cities6. Climate change risks and bridge design7. Resilience of concrete infrastructures 8. Challenges Around Climate Resilience on Transportation Infrastructures9. A Worldwide Survey of Concrete Service Life in Various Climate Zones10. Effect of Global Warming on Chloride Resistance of Concrete: A Case Study of Guangzhou, ChinaPART 3 BUILDING ADAPTATION TO HEAT WAVES AND FLOODS 11. Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves12. Climate change and building performance - Pervasive role of climate change on residential building behavior in different climates13. Climate-responsive architectural and urban design strategies for adapting to extreme hot events 14. Resilience of green roofs to climate change15. Permeable concrete pavements for a climate resilient built environment16. Building design in the context of climate change and a flood projection for Ankara17. Amphibious housing as a sustainable flood resilient solution  18. Nature-based Solutions and Sponge City for Urban Water Management