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The Evolution of the Built Environment: Complexity, Human Agency and Thermal Performance
Helen Wilkins
This study investigates the relationship between the thermal performance of building assemblages (classes of buildings) and the social life of human communities using a multi-scalar Neo-Darwinian approach to study the evolution of the built environment. The work investigates levels of thermal operational adjustability associated with building assemblages and long-term social viability, given that social and contextual change is inevitable in the long-term.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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PART 1 - A NEW APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: SYNTHESISING THREE DISCIPLINES
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CHAPTER 1 – Complexity, Society and Buildings
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CHAPTER 2 – Background Theories: Architectural Studies
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CHAPTER 3 – Background Theories: Archaeological Studies
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CHAPTER 4 – Complexity Theory and the Approach Taken by the Study
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Summary of Part 1
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PART 2 - TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS: FOUR CASE STUDIES AT DIVERSE SCALES
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CHAPTER 5 – The Methodology for Testing for Microclimatic Selection
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CHAPTER 6 – A Global Case Study of Generic Buildings: An Ethnographic Sample
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CHAPTER 7 – A Regional Case Study of Buildings: Long-Term Trends in the Old World
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CHAPTER 8 – A Case Study of Rooms in Two Regions: The ‘Pithouse’-to-‘Pueblo’ Transition
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PART 3 – ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS
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CHAPTER 9 – An Urban Site Example: Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan
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CHAPTER 10 – Microclimatic Selection in the Built Environment: Implications
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EPILOGUE
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CHAPTER 10 – Microclimatic Selection in the Built Environment: Implications (Glossary)
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APPENDIX A - Graphs of Temperature Differentials for Field Experiments (Simple Huts)
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APPENDIX B – Datasets for Case Study 1
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APPENDIX C – Dataset for Case Study 2
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APPENDIX D – Dataset for Case Study 3
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APPENDIX E – Dataset for Case Study 4a
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APPENDIX F – Dataset for Case Study 4b
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APPENDIX G – Structure Coefficients for Case Studies 2 (Test 1), 3 (Test 1) and 4a (Test 1)
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REFERENCES
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Published: 2009
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407335476 (ebook)
- 9781407305950 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2020