Lessons on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for the construction industry from three coastal cities

COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1161-1174

  Gunawansa, Asanga ^a   Kua, Harn Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change mitigation; Coastal cities; Construction industry; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; COASTAL CITIES; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; KNOW-HOW; MITIGATION STRATEGY; POLICY MAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SINGAPORE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISASTER PREVENTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84860475419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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