Green Buildings and the Law

Herausgeber: Adshead, Julie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Legislation and regulation are driving green development and compliance in a wide variety of ways. This international review of the law in key jurisdictions for the research community, lawyers, the construction industry and government examines some of the mechanisms in place - from the more traditional building regulation controls to green leases and the law relating to buildings and their natural environment"--Provided by publisher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780415559263
• ISBN-10: 041555926X
• Artikelnr.: 31386793

Autorenporträt

Julie Adshead is Associate Dean (Enterprise) and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford Law School, UK and co-ordinator of the CIB TG69 research group on 'Green Buildings and the Law'.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Planning and Policies for Sustainable Development in California and the
San Diego Region 2. Potential Harmful Environmental Impacts as a
Consequence of Material and System Specifications, Installation and
Operations in Current US Green Building Practices 3. Covenants and Building
Regulations: A Twin Track Approach to Improving the Energy Performance of
Dutch Buildings 4. The Quest for Sustainable Buildings: Getting it Right at
the Planning Stage 5. Green Buildings: A Critical Analysis of the Turkish
Legislation 6. Surveying the Sustainable and Environmental Legal and Market
Challenges for Real Estate 7. Sustainable Development and the South African
Constitution: Implications for Built Environment Legislation 8. Energy
Efficiency in Buildings and Building Control Regulations in South Africa 9.
The Extended Australian Urban Dwelling: Key Issues Relating to Private Open
Space in Expanding Residential Suburbia 10. China Building Control on Green
Buildings 11. Green Buildings and the Law in Taiwan 12. Climate Change and
the Construction Industry: Sustainability Challenges for Singapore