Note: Intro -- { CONTENTS } -- Introduction: Toward a Continental Asian Biostratigraphic and Geochronologic Framework -- PART I: EAST ASIA -- 1. Neogene Land Mammal Staegs/Ages of China: Toward the Goal to Establish an Asian Land Mammal Stage/Age Scheme -- 2. North China Neogene Biochronology: A Chinese Standard -- 3. A Single-Point Base Definition of the Xiejian Age as an Exemplar for Refining Chinese Land Mammal Ages -- 4. Early Miocene Xiejiahe and Sihong Fossil Localities and Their Faunas, Eastern China -- 5. Neogene Faunal Succession and Biochronology of Central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia) -- 6. Mammalian Biochronology of the Late Miocene Bahe Formation -- 7. Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Classical Dragon Bone Localities of Baode County, Shanxi Province -- 8. Review of the Litho-, Bio-, and Chronostratigraphy in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei, China -- 9. Late Cenozoic Biostratigraphy of the Linxia Basin, Northwestern China -- 10. Neogene Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Geochrnology of the Tibetan Plateau -- 11. Hominoid-Producing Localities and Biostratigraphy in Yunnan -- 12. Miocene Land Mammals and Stratigraphy of Japan -- 13. Pliocene Land Mammals of Japan -- PART II: SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 14. The Siwaliks and Neogene Evolutionary Biology in South Asia -- 15. The Neogene Siwaliks of the Potwar Plateau, Pakistan -- 16. Mammalian Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Sulaiman Province, Pakistan -- 17. Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy: An Overview -- 18. Paleobiogeography and South Asian Small Mammals: Neogene Latitudinal Faunal Variation -- 19. Advances in the Biochronology and Biostratigraphy of the Continental Neogene of Myanmar -- PART III: NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA -- 20. Miocene Mammal Biostratigraphy of Central Mongolia (Valley of Lakes): New Results. , 21. Late Cenozoic Mammal Faunas of the Baikalian Region: Composition, Biochronology, Disperasal, and Correlation with Central Asia -- 22. New Data on Miocene Biostratigraphy and Paleoclimatology of Olkhon Islan (Lake Baikal, Siberia) -- PART IV: WEST ASIA AND ADJACENT REGIONS -- 23. Late Miocene Mammal Localities of Eastern Europe and Western Asia -- 24. Late Miocene (Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas from Southern European Russia -- 25. Recent Advances in Paleobiological Reserach of the Late Miocene Maragheh Fauna, Northwest Iran -- 26. A Review of the Neogene Succession of the Muridae and Dipodidae from Anatolia, wiht Special Reference to Taxa Known from Asia and/or Europe -- 27. Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates: Summary of a Decade of New Work -- 28. Neogene Mammal Biostratigraphy and Chronology of Greece -- PART V: ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY -- 29. Contintental-Scale Patterns in Neogene Mammal Community Evolution and Biogeography: A Europe-Asia Perspective -- 30. Intercontinental Dispersals of Sicistine Rodents (Sicistinae, Dipodidae, Rodentia) Between Eurasia and North America -- 31. Paeleodiatary Comparisons of Ungulates Between the Late Miocene of China, and Pikermi and Samos in Greece -- List of Contributors -- Taxonomic Index -- General Index.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Organization of This Book -- 1.2.1 Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.2.2 Chapter 2: National and International Developments -- 1.2.3 Chapter 3: Climate Change and Built Environment -- 1.2.4 Chapter 4: Energy and Carbon Emission -- 1.2.5 Chapter 5: Materials and Water -- 1.2.6 Chapter 6: Sustainable Waste Management -- 1.2.7 Chapter 7: Sustainable Building Design -- 1.2.8 Chapter 8: Resilience and Adaptation in Buildings -- 1.3 Sustainability and Sustainable Development -- 1.3.1 Sustainability -- 1.3.2 Sustainable Development -- 1.3.3 Key Themes in Sustainable Development -- 1.3.4 Key Principles of Sustainable Development -- 1.3.5 Key Questions in Sustainable Development -- 1.4 Sustainable Construction -- 1.4.1 Overview -- 1.4.2 Life Cycle Approach in Sustainable Construction -- 1.4.3 Challenges of Sustainable Construction -- 1.5 Summary -- 1.6 Discussion Queries -- References -- Chapter 2: International and National Sustainable Developments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 International Developments -- 2.2.1 History of Sustainable Development -- 2.2.2 UN Policy on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.3 CIB Agenda 21 on Sustainable Construction -- 2.2.4 OECD Policies on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.5 ISO Policies on Sustainable Development -- 2.2.6 Melbourne Principles for Sustainable Cities -- 2.3 National Developments -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Australia's Commitment to International Sustainable Development -- 2.3.3 Council of Australian Government (COAG) Agreements -- 2.3.4 Federal Australian Government Actions -- 2.4 State and Territory Developments -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate Change and Built Environment -- 3.1 What Is Climate Change? -- 3.1.1 Climate System -- 3.1.2 Climate States -- 3.1.3 Greenhouse Effect -- 3.1.4 Sources of GHG -- 3.2 Climate Change. , 3.3 Global Warming -- 3.4 Carbon Cycle -- 3.5 Climate Projection -- 3.6 Global Climate Change-Observations -- 3.7 Climate Projection -- 3.8 Impact of Climate Change on Built Environment -- 3.9 Coping with Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation -- 3.9.1 Mitigation to Climate Change -- 3.9.2 Adaptation to Climate Change -- 3.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Energy and Carbon Emission -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Energy Sources, Production and Consumption -- 4.2.1 Primary and Secondary Energy Sources -- 4.2.2 The Energy Consumption -- 4.3 Energy per Capita and Human Development -- 4.4 Energy and CO2 Emission of Construction Sector -- 4.5 Embodied Energy -- 4.6 Operating Energy -- 4.6.1 Residential End Use -- 4.6.2 Commercial End Use -- 4.7 Energy Efficiency in Buildings -- 4.8 Carbon Accounting in Construction -- 4.8.1 Emissions from Fuel Combustion -- 4.8.2 Emissions from Electricity -- 4.9 Implications of Climate Change to Residential Building Energy -- 4.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Materials and Water -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Sustainable Resource Management -- 5.2.1 Global Material Consumption Trend -- 5.2.2 Sustainable Material Management -- 5.3 Sustainable Water Management -- 5.3.1 Overview -- 5.3.2 Water Efficiency and Recycling -- 5.3.3 Water Quality and Treatment -- 5.3.4 Rainwater Tanks -- 5.3.5 Desalination, Recycling and Energy -- 5.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Sustainable Waste Management -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Solid Waste Management: A Global and National View -- 6.2.1 Types of Solid Wastes -- 6.2.2 Impacts of Solid Waste -- 6.2.3 Construction and Demolition (C& -- D) Waste -- 6.3 Waste Treatments -- 6.4 Waste to Resource Management: A Circular Economy Approach -- 6.5 Challenges with Reuse and Recycling in the Construction Sector -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Sustainable Building Design. , 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Sustainable Building Design Opportunities -- 7.3 Green Building Design -- 7.4 Low-Energy Building Design -- 7.4.1 Building Orientation and Aspect Ratio -- 7.4.2 Building Envelope Design -- Building Envelope Design: Wall System -- Building Envelope Design: Windows -- Building Envelope Design: Roof -- 7.4.3 Daylighting Strategies -- 7.4.4 Ventilation Strategies -- 7.4.5 Thermal Mass and Insulation -- 7.4.6 Internal Load Reduction -- 7.5 Zero-Energy/Zero-Carbon Design -- 7.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Resilience and Adaptation in Buildings -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Sustainability -- 8.3 Built Environment -- 8.4 Climate Change Implications to Buildings -- 8.5 Resilience for Thermal Comfort -- 8.5.1 Thermal Comfort -- 8.5.2 Climate Change and Thermal Comfort -- 8.6 Resilience to Heat Waves -- 8.7 Resilience for Durability -- 8.7.1 Building Durability -- 8.7.2 Deterioration of Concrete Structures Under Changing Climate -- 8.7.3 Prevention of Concrete Deterioration -- 8.7.4 Durability of Timber -- 8.7.5 Deterioration of Timber Under Changing Climate -- 8.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions -- Index.