Suggestions For Future Research into Climate Change Adaptation

about this facility

This page has been set up to allow stakeholders with an interest in adaptation to climate change to suggest future directions for research in this area. SKCC (Sustaining Knowledge for a Changing Climate) has followed BKCC (Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate), a research programme about climate change and the built environment. SKCC is seeking to build on the work of BKCC by further developing the stakeholder commnunity it established, and develop a coherent user-led plan for research in this field. More information is available on the project website .

The SKCC team has run two workshops for stakeholders to contribute ideas and is now running this Internet survey until end of November 2007.

Please use the boxes below to submit your ideas for areas of research into adaptation to climate change. You can enter up to three ideas. When you have finished, go to the bottom of this page and click 'submit'. If you need to enter more, simple please submit and then start a new form.

You can also view suggestions that have been submitted by other users.

Before starting, please could you give us some brief information about you (this will not be shared on this website).

name
organisation
email address

Did you attend the SKCC workshop in Edinburgh on 1st Oct? yes

Did you attend the SKCC workshop in London on 12th Oct? yes

suggestions for future research

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second suggestion
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knowledge gaps

It would help the SKCC plan for future research if you could also fill out the following section. The answers are a simple 'yes', 'no' or 'don't know'.

At the London workshop, participants voted on a series 15 knowledge areas that were considered in need of further research at the time that BKCC started (2001). Participants were asked to think about whether these knowledge areas were still in need of research, to vote accordingly, and to write down their reasoning for this vote.

	area of knowledge	yes	no	don't know	comments
1	Building resilience into existing building stock - vulnerability and risk audits as a means to establishing priorities.
2	Soil mechanics, subsidence risk and foundation construction and design specifications - including drying and frost damage potential.
3	Role of groundwater in flooding - associated risks.
4	Sustainability of existing drainage systems (SUDS) in the face of climate change - implications for design of new drainage systems.
5	Continued viability and comparative advantages of building material and construction techniques - implications for maintenance and costs.
6	Construction site conditions, techniques for flood risk areas, performance of traditional materials, impacts of air pollution, pests and insects.
7	Coping with peak demands, performance under changed climate, viability of wind, wave and hydropower, access to offshore facilities.
8	Overheating of buildings and alternative cooling techniques.
9	Humidity and ventilation in buildings- drying and performance of building materials in the face of projected changes in climate.
10	Land-use policy and planning - guidance on flood risk, long-term efficacy of remediation measures for brown field sites, and vulnerability to wind damage.
11	Changes to legislation, standards and regulations as drivers of change - regionally specific and more flexible legislation to allow for innovation.
12	Lifestyle changes - implications for future use of buildings, energy demand and the efficacy of adaptation options.
13	Effects on transport - choice, reliability, costs of impacts and safety in light of extremes.
14	Dissemination from research to professionals and practitioners - accessibility and understanding.
15	Assessment of the capacity of the sector (and components thereof) to respond to change - adaptive capacity and barriers to change.

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