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978-3-642-17386-8 (print) 978-3-642-17387-5 (eISBN)Full text not
available from this repository. By 2050s the UK is expected to
experience: increase in average summer mean temperatures
(predicted to rise by upto 3.5 o C) and frequency of heat-waves
/ very hot days; and increases in winter precipitation (of up to
20%) and possibly more frequent severe storms. Also, in 2050s
approximately 70% of UK buildings will have been built before
2010, which due to aforesaid climate change factors will suffe