Ventilating Cities - Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living (Paperback, 2012 ed.)

The majority of the world's population live in environments with artificially weakened wind as buildings in urban areas form wind-breaks and reduce wind speeds. Anthropogenic heat is also generated and during the summer dense urban areas suffer from the urban heat island effect, a known urban climate problem. This book discusses how to evaluate the urban wind environment, including ventilation performance and thermal comfort. This book is organized in two parts; Wind Environment and the Urban Environment and Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environments. It includes chapters on sea breeze in urban areas; thermal adaptation and the effect of wind on thermal comfort; health risk of exposures; pollutant transport in dense urban areas; legal regulations for urban ventilation and new criteria for assessing the local wind environment. Keywords: urban wind environments, urban heat island, urban climate, land use change, thermal comfort, risk assessment, urban air pollution, urban ventilation

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Springer Geography
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2012
Authors:	Shinsuke Kato • Kyosuke Hiyama
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
Edition:	2012 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400798465
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	9400798466
Barcode:	9789400798465

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