Sustainable Building and Built Environments to Mitigate Climate Change in the Tropics

1. Introduction: The Tropics: A Region Defined by Climate
Robert Vale, Brenda Vale

Part I. The Sustainability of the Built Environment

2. Climate Change and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Humid Tropic of Indonesia
Tri Harso Karyono

3. Climate Change and the Built Environment in the Tropics – Is Carbon Enough to Assess Human Impact?
Robert Vale, Brenda Vale, Tran Thuc Han

4. Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Scotland
Susan Roaf, Katherine Beckmann

5. The Sustainable Portion of Gross Domestic Product: A Proposed Social Ecological Economic Indicator for Sustainable Economic Development
Abbas Mahravan, Brenda Vale

6. Sustainable Transport: A Comparison of Ecological Footprint and Travel Patterns in Three Cities in Vietnam, New Zealand and Finland
Tran Thuc Han, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale

7. Smart Community Energy Systems for Low Carbon Living
A. D. Peacock, E. H. Owens, Sue Roaf, D. W. Corne

Part II. Adapting City for Climate Change

8. Adapting City for Frequent Floods: A Case Study of Jakarta, Indonesia
Tri Harso Karyono, Firmansyah Bachtiar

9. STEVE Tool Plug-in for SketchUp: A User-Friendly Microclimatic Mapping Tool for Estate Development
Steve Kardinal Jusuf, Marcel Ignatius, Nyuk Hien Wong, Erna Tan

10. Sustainable Fishing Settlement in Muara Angke, North Jakarta
Tri Harso Karyono, Dedi Burhanudin, Benedict Timothi

11. Proposed Design of Bicycle Lanes Around Jakarta’s East Flood Canal
Diah Anggraini, Sutrisnowati Odang, Iman Mustadjab

12. Flood Responsive Design of the Low-Income Settlements in Kampung Melayu, Jakarta, Indonesia
Tri Harso Karyono, Nanda Hidayah Melyan, Siti Yaumilia Salsa, Elinda Fariz

Part III. Mitigating Building for Climate Change

13. Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of the Development of Ecotourism Through Using Refurbished Buildings as Its Related Accommodation Services
Abbas Mahravan

14. Development of JKR/BSEEP Technical Passive Design Guideline for the Malaysian Building
C. K. Tang

15. Residential Thermal Comfort in Tropics – Bunker House
C. K. Tang, Aida Elyana

16. Advancing Sustainability in the Tropics – The International School of Kuala Lumpur
C. K. Tang, Julian Saw, Aida Elyana

Part IV. Plants and Low Carbon Emissions

17. Plant Selection and Placement Criteria for Landscape Design
Chun Liang Tan, Nyuk Hien Wong, Steve Kardinal Jusuf

18. Low Energy Material, High Community Engagement: Ecology of Banana Tree Fibres in Disaster Relief Projects
Mirian Sayuri Vaccari, Lara Leite Barbosa Senne

Keywords: Environment, Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Sustainable Development, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Building Physics, HVAC, Energy Efficiency