Climate change preparedness across sectors of the built environment – A review of literature

Hurlimann, Anna; Nielsen, Josh; Moosavi, Sareh; Bush, Judy; Warren‐Myers, Georgia; March, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.11.021

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“…, 2021), spatial planning (Kumar and Geneletti, 2015), water utilities management (Ekstrom et al. , 2017), built environment literature (Hürlimann et al. , 2022a), the construction sector (Hürlimann et al.…”

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Tackling the wicked challenge of climate change risks to property: are Australian valuers prepared?

Warren‐Myers

Cradduck²

2023

JPIF

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PurposeThis research investigated Australian property valuers' identification and consideration of physical climate change risks in valuation practice.Design/methodology/approachThirty Australian valuer members of the Australian Property Institute from a variety of specialisations were interviewed. The semi-structured interviews explored climate change risks and the extent of risk investigation and consideration in valuation practice. The analysis utilised the Moser and Luers (2008) climate risk preparedness framework as a lens to evaluate current valuation practice in Australia.FindingsThe analysis reflects that while physical risks are easily identified and engaged with by valuers, correspondingly, there is a lack of understanding of and engagement with, climate change risks. This supports the need for better information sources and guidance to inform valuers of climate change risks and the development of specific mechanisms for the consideration of such risks to be included in valuation processes, practices and reports.Research limitations/implicationsThe research was limited by its sample size and qualitative approach. Therefore, the research is not a representative opinion of the Australian profession; however, the analysis provides the perspective of a range of valuers from across Australia with different valuation specialisations.Practical implicationsThis research has established that valuers have the potential to be prepared to address climate change in their professional capacity, as described by Moser and Luers (2008). However, they are constrained by information communication, access and detail and subsequent market awareness of information on climate change risk exposure on properties. There is a need for further support, guidance, information and tools, as well as awareness-raising, to enable valuers to accurately identify and reflect all risks affecting a property in the process of valuation.Originality/valueThis research provides the first investigation into the consideration of climate change in valuation practice. Property stakeholders—owners, investors, financiers and occupiers—are escalating their climate change risk analysis and reporting for property portfolios and organisations. This research suggests that valuers also need to be aware of the changing dynamics of market reporting and decision-making related to climate change risks to ensure appropriate reflection in valuation practice.

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Tackling the wicked challenge of climate change risks to property: are Australian valuers prepared?

Warren‐Myers

Cradduck²

2023

JPIF

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“…CO 2 is the most important anthropogenic GHG among these emissions due to its abundance and propensity to remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years (Mardiana and Sb, 2015). According to Hürlimann et al (2022), both natural and manmade sources can emit CO 2 , and one of these sources is a by-product of urbanisation. Urbanisation is a dynamic process that transforms rural areas into cities with a growing population and an expanding built environment both horizontally and vertically (Hürlimann et al , 2022).…”

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“…According to Hürlimann et al (2022), both natural and manmade sources can emit CO 2 , and one of these sources is a by-product of urbanisation. Urbanisation is a dynamic process that transforms rural areas into cities with a growing population and an expanding built environment both horizontally and vertically (Hürlimann et al , 2022).…”

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“…The foundational elements of a country’s economy and social growth are its built environment (Michalak and Michałowski, 2022), which is its anthropogenic surroundings that offer infrastructure and facilities for human activities (Hürlimann et al , 2022). As a result, the building sector saw an increase in CO 2 emissions as urbanisation accelerated (Bilal et al , 2020).…”

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Job attributes of key Sri Lankan construction professionals in addressing the challenges associated with climate change

Sandaruwan,

Bihara Janardana,

Manoharan

2023

IJDRBE

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Purpose Construction professionals are the major contributors to developing a sustainable construction industry, whereas architects, engineers and quantity surveyors are the key construction professionals who must play extraordinary roles in achieving better sustainable construction. Therefore, this study aims to identify the job attributes of key Sri Lankan construction professionals in addressing challenges associated with climate change. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a mixed research approach. A literature review and preliminary semi-structured interviews were used to appraise the job roles of architects, engineers and quantity surveyors in addressing challenges associated with climate change. The data collected through the qualitative approach were used in an online questionnaire survey, and the findings were analysed using the relative index method. Findings The findings highlight that regardless of the knowledge of the professional category on green rating tools, carbon footprint, adaptation of renewable energies for the reduction of energy consumption, building information modelling-related applications and waste management concepts/practices are the foremost job attributes required for the key Sri Lankan construction professionals in addressing challenges associated with climate change. Research limitations/implications The results from this study provide a handful of guidance to construction industry professionals, national and international professional institutions, non-governmental organisations and other relevant authorities to address climate change within the built environment by identifying ways for improving the relevant key job attributes of construction industry professionals. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that explores the job attributes of key Sri Lankan construction professionals in addressing the challenges associated with climate change.

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“…Due to the high concern on Climate Change, the barriers to and facilitators of climate change action (mitigation and adaptation) and the climate change preparedness were very recently surveyed [7]. Barriers to and facilitators of climate change action were found to vary across sectors, with some overlap.…”

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Worrying about Climate Change

Alnaser¹,

Flanagan²,

Kazmerski³

et al. 2022

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It is becoming clear that Climate Change is getting severe. It was reported that the improved ocean heat measurements have a rate of warming upwards from 4 to 5 Hiroshima bombs liberated heat per second or 388,800 per day. It was reported also that our climate has accumulated the equivalent of a total of more than 2.8 billion Hiroshima bombs' worth of heat since 1998. Despite this global concern about the effect of global change on environment, it is believed that the problem is much more severe and with greater impact on all facets of life. The effect of Climate Change, especially with a 1˚C increase in global temperature (from 14˚C to 15˚C) is equivalent to the heat liberated from explosion of about 300 million Hiroshima of atomic bomb. This is why this CoP 26 becomes more serious and had targeted year 2060 as a year of zero CO 2 emission. This paper discusses the impact of climate change on ten sectors; water, water desalination, energy, renewable energy supply, health, society, agriculture, economy, industry, and built environment.

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Climate change preparedness across sectors of the built environment – A review of literature

Cited by 26 publications

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Tackling the wicked challenge of climate change risks to property: are Australian valuers prepared?

Tackling the wicked challenge of climate change risks to property: are Australian valuers prepared?

Job attributes of key Sri Lankan construction professionals in addressing the challenges associated with climate change

Worrying about Climate Change

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