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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 What Do We Mean by Collapse? -- Introduction -- Types of Collapse -- The Faith in Economic Growth -- The Faith in Technological Development -- A Plan B: Collapsing Gracefully -- References -- 2 Current Ideas for Future Built Environments -- Introduction -- Smart Cities (Even When It Is a Dumb Idea) -- Buildings All at Sea (a Good Place from Which to Watch Tsunamis) -- Living in Space (Because We've Made the Earth Uninhabitable) -- Grand "Sustainable" Buildings (for the Rich) -- The Sustainability of "Sustainable" Houses (also for the Rich) -- Investigating the Technical Aspects of a Building That Is Claimed to Be "Sustainable" -- Urban Design -- Politically Correct Solutions (Even Though They Are Not Correct) -- Refugee Camps -- Design for Refugees -- the IKEA Better Shelter -- Housing Refugees -- The Solution Must Be Digital and Employ Robots (Even When the Analogical Works Fine and We Have a Lot of People) -- Climate Change Solutions Must Sound "Scientifically Plausible" (Even Though They Are not Feasible or Even Necessary) -- The Role of Design -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 What Can We Learn from the Collapse of Societies in the Past? -- Introduction -- Collapse and Survival -- Theories Behind the Collapse of Civilisations -- Complexity and Societal Hierarchy -- More Recent Views of Collapse -- Resilience and Collapse -- Collapse Theories and the Built Environment -- Proposed Solutions Post-collapse -- What Can Be Learned from Collapse Theories -- References -- 4 The Modern Built Environment and Its Relationship to Collapse -- Introduction -- Perceptions of Collapse in the Built Environment -- Reciprocity Between Habitat and Culture -- Built Environments, Ecosystems and Collapse -- Dealing with Collapse Through a Better Understanding of Sustainability and Resilience.

Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Tropics: A Region Defined by Climate -- 1 Limiting Climate Change by Limiting CO2 -- 2 Limits Defined by the Paris Climate Agreement -- 3 Climate Change in the Tropics -- References -- Part I: The Sustainability of the Built Environment -- Chapter 2: Climate Change and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Humid Tropic of Indonesia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Indonesia as a Tropical Developing Country -- 3 Problems of Improving the Wellbeing in the Developing Countries -- 4 Climate, Development and Energy Consumption -- 5 Mitigating Climate Change Without Sacrificing the Country's Development -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate Change and the Built Environment in the Tropics - Is Carbon Enough to Assess Human Impact? -- 1 Carbon and Ecological Footprint -- 2 Economics and Growth -- 3 Limits to Growth -- 4 Policies and Footprints -- 4.1 Energy -- 4.2 Housing -- 4.3 Personal Transport -- 4.4 Food -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Scotland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concepts Underlying the Notion of Adaptation -- 3 Different Classes of Indicators -- 4 Climate Change as a 'Wicked Problem' -- 5 The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Programme (CCRA) -- 6 The Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (SCCAP) -- 7 Challenges and Lessons -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Sustainable Portion of Gross Domestic Product: A Proposed Social Ecological Economic Indicator for Sustainable Economic Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainable Development Goals -- 2.1 Environment -- 2.2 Society -- 2.3 Economy -- 3 Sustainability Indicators -- 3.1 Economic Indicators -- 3.1.1 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) -- 3.1.2 Adjustment to GDP -- 4 Sustainable Portion of GDP (GDPs) -- 4.1 GDPs Equation