The application of historical architectural practices to contemporary climate adaptation challenges
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The gap
The paper identifies a gap in the application of historical architectural practices to contemporary climate adaptation challenges. It highlights the need to learn from and adapt time-tested techniques to modern sustainable design. The research gap is the lack of understanding of how historical architecture can inform contemporary climate adaptation strategies.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and abstract and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2020 and 2025, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 23 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Cultural Heritage Architecture and Climate Adaptation: A Socio-Environmental Analysis of Sustainable Building Techniques (2025) · Land · cited 10× · doi
The paper identifies a gap in the application of historical architectural practices to contemporary climate adaptation challenges. It highlights the need to learn from and adapt time-tested techniques to modern sustainable design. The research gap is the lack of understanding of how historical architecture can inform contemporary climate adaptation strategies.
generalstated research gapKeywords: paper identifies gap application historical architectural practices contemporary - Valuing the environmental performance of historic buildings (2020) · Australasian Journal of Environmental Management · cited 13× · doi
This article reviews national and international literature on environmental and cultural sustainability to highlight the broad environmental benefits of conserving historic buildings; how they can be valued; and what further research is required to ensure building and planning systems adequately address the role that buildings play within the challenge of anthropogenic climate change.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: environmental buildings article reviews national international literature cultural sustainability highlight broad benefits conserving historic valued - The Effects of Climate Change on Energy use in Residential Buildings (2023) · International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering · doi
Climate change poses a significant threat to human comfort and energy utilization in residential buildings. The lack of existing research on the impact of climate change on energy utilization in residential buildings in Owerri is a challenge. The need for adaptive strategies to address the effects of climate change on energy utilization in residential buildings is a challenge.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: climate change poses significant threat human comfort energy
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