Climate change and cultural heritage : a race against time / Peter F. Smith, with a foreword by Lord Rogers of Riverside.

By: Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick), 1930- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge explorations in environmental studies: 10.Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014Description: xiii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415660041; 9780415660044Subject(s): Climatic changes | Cultural property -- Environmental aspects | Architecture -- Environmental aspects | Klimaänderung | KulturerbeDDC classification: 363.6/9 LOC classification: QC903 | .S588 2014
Contents:
1. The Goldilocks planet -- 2. The evolution of civilisation -- 3. The dynamics of climate change -- 4. Climate and the price of progress -- 5. Predictions for the UK -- 6. The race against time -- 7. From climate to civilisation and the principle of harmony -- 8. Beyond the maths -- 9. The energy dilemma -- 10. Green technologies: a sample -- 11. Access to clean energy -- 12. Carbon dioxide uncertainties -- 13. Nuclear developments and complementary technologies -- 14. Essential services provided by nature -- 15. China, on the ascent -- 16. The four degrees scenario.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and index.

1. The Goldilocks planet -- 2. The evolution of civilisation -- 3. The dynamics of climate change -- 4. Climate and the price of progress -- 5. Predictions for the UK -- 6. The race against time -- 7. From climate to civilisation and the principle of harmony -- 8. Beyond the maths -- 9. The energy dilemma -- 10. Green technologies: a sample -- 11. Access to clean energy -- 12. Carbon dioxide uncertainties -- 13. Nuclear developments and complementary technologies -- 14. Essential services provided by nature -- 15. China, on the ascent -- 16. The four degrees scenario.

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