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Urban microclimate : designing the spaces between buildings / Evyatar Erell, David Pearlmutter, and Terry Williamson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erell, Evyatar.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- City planning--Climatic factors.
- City planning.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ( xviii, 266 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Designing the spaces between buildings
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban design is vital to any notion of sustainability: it enables individual buildings to make use of renewable energy sources for passive heating and cooling, it enhances pedestrian comfort and activity in outdoor spaces, and it may even encourage city dwellers to moderate their dependence on private vehicles. Urban Microclimate bridges the gap between climatology research and applied urban design. It provi
- Contents:
- Urban Microclimate Designing the Spaces Between Buildings; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Scales of Climatic Study; 2 The Urban Energy Balance; 3 The Urban Heat Island; 4 Urban Air-Flow; 5 The Energy Balance of a Human Being in an Urban Space; 6 Thermal Preferences; 7 Application of Climatology in Urban Planning and Design; 8 Microclimate Design Strategies in Urban Space; 9 Vegetation; 10 Linear Space; 11 Modelling the Urban Microclimate; 12 Case Study 1: Neve Zin; 13 Case Study 2: Clarke Quay; 14 Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-87586-0
- 9786613717177
- 1-136-53943-3
- 1-136-53942-5
- 1-84977-539-7
- 9781849775397
- OCLC:
- 694729176
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