Climate change and the built environment - a systematic review

Tajuddeen, Ibrahim; Sajjadian, Seyed Masoud

Abstract

Recent intergovernmental panel on climate change reports have once again emphasised the effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the importance of the built environment. Historically, passive and active solutions are known for their potential to make the built environment more environmentally friendly. Recently, a significant number of studies covered the effectiveness of such solutions under distinct current and different future climate and emission predictions. Through the PRISMA framework, this paper presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of such studies within the last 10 years (2013–2023) to understand their impact, their tangible applications, and their empirical evidence. Local ecosystems, weather patterns, geographical and cultural challenges dictate the solutions for a warmer future. Among the solutions, as expected, passive solutions remain most effective even though a combination with active ones is necessary regardless of the context. The review in this paper is expandable beyond the effective reported solutions and it highlights the most effective solutions under different climate zones.

Citation

Tajuddeen, I., & Sajjadian, S. M. (online). Climate change and the built environment - a systematic review. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04962-2

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Apr 21, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 11, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2024
• Print ISSN: 1387-585X
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-2975
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04962-2
• Keywords: Climate change, Passive strategies, Active strategies, Built environment