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Aigwi, I E, Egbelakin, T and Ingham, J (2018) Efficacy of adaptive reuse for the redevelopment of underutilised historical buildings. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 385–407.
Baron, N and Cherenet, Z (2018) Perceptions and pathways of resilience in Addis Ababa. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 337–52.
Brown, S and Walker, G (2008) Understanding heat wave vulnerability in nursing and residential homes. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 363–72.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: adaptive behaviour; climate change impacts; comfort; heat wave; indoor environmental quality; older people; public health; risk reduction; vulnerability
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210802076427
- Abstract:
The frequency, intensity and duration of heat waves affecting the UK (and other parts of the world) is set to increase as the climate changes with potentially serious implications for future heat-related mortality. Epidemiological research has shown that in England and Wales older people in nursing and residential homes are among those most vulnerable to the impacts of hot weather. It is argued that there is a real need to deepen the understanding of the everyday settings in which people experience heat wave conditions and the ways in which various social, cultural, institutional, and infrastructural considerations may contribute to creating vulnerability and limiting the possibilities of short- or long-term adaptation. Epidemiological evidence is reviewed to establish who is vulnerable in hot weather. This is followed by an examination of how an ethnographic and qualitative approach can be used to provide a deeper insight into how those vulnerabilities are constructed. The provisional findings of a small pilot study are presented, along with a number of the problems encountered, in order to demonstrate the type of data that can be accessed through a qualitative methodology, and how the routines and practices of everyday life may be implicated in the reproduction of vulnerability. This is a first step in understanding and developing processes of adaptation that can provide alternatives to dependency on technical cooling solutions.
Buyukyoran, F and Gundes, S (2018) Optimized real options-based approach for government guarantees in PPP toll road projects. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 203–16.
Cole, R J, Robinson, J, Brown, Z and O'Shea, M (2008) Re-contextualizing the notion of comfort. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 323–36.
Cooper, G (2008) Escaping the house: Comfort and the California garden. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 373–80.
Harris, H J (2008) Conquering winter: US consumers and the cast-iron stove. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 337–50.
Healy, S (2008) Air-conditioning and the 'homogenization' of people and built environments. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 312–22.
Higgins, D and Perera, T (2018) Advancing real estate decision making: understanding known, unknown and unknowable risks. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 373–84.
Huuhka, S and Saarimaa, S (2018) Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 408–26.
Leiringer, R and Dainty, A (2018) Plugging into the big debates of the day. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 181.
Parkhurst, G and Parnaby, R (2008) Growth in mobile air-conditioning: A socio-technical research agenda. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 351–62.
Sadikoglu Asan, H and Ozsoy, A (2018) The importance of user memory in understanding housing quality. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 427–46.
Shadid, W K (2018) A framework for managing organizations in complex environments. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 182–202.
Strengers, Y (2008) Comfort expectations: The impact of demand-management strategies in Australia. Building Research & Information, 36(04), 381–91.
Tansey, P, Spillane, J P and Brooks, T (2018) Creating opportunities in the face of an environmental jolt: exploring turnaround strategizing practices within large Irish construction contractors. Construction Management and Economics, 36(04), 217–41.
Warren-Myers, G, Judge, M and Paladino, A (2018) Sustainability ratings in residential development: a worthwhile endeavour?. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36(04), 353–72.