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Protecting Your Buildings from Climate Change

John Banta

• Editorial: New Society Publishers
• Año: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781550923506
• Categoría: Biological Sciences
• Categoría: Global Warming & Climate Change

> Buildings in North America are already being damaged from the effects of climate change, causing millions of dollars worth of damage. This book deals with mitigating the effects of climate change: a preventative approach. > The book will appeal especially to homeowners whose homes are one of the most expensive investments they will make, and landlords or property owners; as well as to the building trade. > People think climate change effects are restricted to hurricanes and coastal areas. But there are multiple other climate change effects that are subtle and coming to their neighborhood... For example: close to 50 percent of North America’s population lives in areas with a potential for expansive clay soils.