The Evolution of the Built Environment: Complexity, Human Agency and Thermal Performance

By Helen Wilkins

This study investigates the relationship between the thermal performance of building assemblages (classes of buildings) and the social life of human communities using a multi-scalar Neo-Darwinian approach to study the evolution of the built environment. The work investigates levels of thermal operational adjustability associated with building assemblages and long-term social viability, given that social and contextual change is inevitable in the long-term.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407305956
• ISBN13: 9781407305950
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 2.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 11.7"