Urban micro climate : designing the spaces between buildings
Publication details: Routledge 2015 New YorkDescription: xviii,266pISBN:- 9781138993983
- 720.47 ERE
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | Faculty of Planning | 720.47 ERE | Available | 014951 |
CONTENTS
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vii
Preface xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
1. Scales of Climatic Study 15
2. The Urban Energy Balance 27
3. The Urban Heat Island 67
4. Urban Air-Flow 85
5. The Energy Balance of a Human Being in an Urban Space109
6. Thermal Preferences 125
7. Application of Climatology in Urban Planning and Design 141
8. Microclimate Design Strategies in Urban Space 145
9. Vegetation 165
10. Linear Space 189
11.Modelling the Urban Microclimate 209
12. Case Study 1: Neve Zin 231
13. Case Study 2: Clarke Quay 239
14. Glossary 251
Index 259
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