ABSTRACT
A number of trends converge in creating completely new scenarios questioning the continuation of human habitation in various parts of the globe. These trends include a growing climatic uncertainty with weather extremes becoming more intense and more frequent, but also with urbanization becoming the predominant settlement trend, as well as the driving force behind economy. Big urban centers are known to have their distinct microclimate, and when this is combined with weather extremes, the combination can prove lethal. Various countries are already considering the possibility of relocating their population from climatically unsustainable areas. This entry attempts to make the case for green technologies and green buildings as the only possible alternative strategy to reverse—or at least significantly delay—a concentration of populations toward and in the more temperate zones. Going green may, in fact, be the only strategy for survival in climatically contested regions.
