Extreme Weather Hits Home : Protecting Your Buildings from Climate Change.
Title:
Extreme Weather Hits Home : Protecting Your Buildings from Climate Change.
Author:
Banta, John.
ISBN:
9781550923506
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Paula Baker-Laporte -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Why Good Buildings Go Bad -- Chapter 2: How Homes are Damaged by Climate Change -- Chapter 3: Wind Storms -- Chapter 4: Tornados -- Chapter 5: Hurricanes -- Chapter 6: Lightning -- Chapter 7: Hail -- Chapter 8: Flooding -- Chapter 9: Rising Temperatures -- Chapter 10: Drought and Desertification -- Chapter 11: Heat Waves -- Chapter 12: Fires -- Chapter 13: Expansive Soils -- Chapter 14: Melting Permafrost -- Chapter 15: Rising Sea Level -- Chapter 16: Trapped Moisture -- Chapter 17: Freezing -- Chapter 18: Ice Damming -- Chapter 19: Frozen Plumbing -- Chapter 20: Earthquakes -- Chapter 21: The Building Site -- Chapter 22: The Foundation -- Chapter 23: The Walls -- Chapter 24: The Roof -- Chapter 25: Insurance, Financial Impacts and Assistance -- Chapter 26: Conclusions -- References -- Resources and Essential Reading -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
How to spot early warning signs of costly climate change damage to your home.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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