Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities: 5 (Biometeorology, 5)

Ren, Chao (Editor) / McGregor, Glenn (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3030876004 / ISBN 13: 9783030876005

Published by Springer, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Urban Climate Science for Planning Healthy Cities: 5 (Biometeorology, 5)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030876004
• ISBN 13: 9783030876005
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.7 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume demonstrates how urban climate science can provide valuable information for planning healthy cities. The book illustrates the idea of "Science in Time, Science in Place" by providing worldwide case-based urban climatic planning applications for a variety of regions and countries, utilizing relevant climatic-spatial planning experiences to address local climatic and environmental health issues. Comprised of three major sections entitled "The Rise of Mega-cities and the Concept of Climate Resilience and Healthy Living," "Urban Climate Science in Action," and "Future Challenges and the Way Forward," the book argues for the recognition of climate as a key element of healthy cities. Topics covered include: urban resilience in a climate context, climate responsive planning and urban climate interventions to achieve healthy cities, climate extremes, public health impact, urban climate-related health risk information, urban design and planning, and governanceand management of sustainable urban development. The book will appeal to an international audience of practicing planners and designers, public health and built environment professionals, social scientists, researchers in epidemiology, climatology and biometeorology, and international to city scale policy makers. 

Chapter “Manchester: The Role of Urban Domestic Gardens in Climate Adaptation and Resilience” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

About the Author

Dr. Chao Ren is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include sustainable environmental design, climate sensitive design, and planning.

Dr. Glenn McGregor is a Professor of Climatology in the Department of Geography at Durham University. His research interests include climate and health, synoptic climatology, climate and society, and hydroclimatology.