Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces Between Buildings
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 2010
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Bridging the gap between climatology research and applied urban design, this title provides architects and urban design professionals with an understanding of how the structure of the built environment at various scales affects microclimatic conditions in the space between buildings. Num Pages: 288 pages, Photographs, maps, figures, diagrams, tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; RPC; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 194 x 24. Weight in Grams: 964. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces Between Buildings
- Author
- Erell, Evyatar
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1844074676
- ISBN 13
- 9781844074679
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 provides architects and urban design professionals with an understanding of how the structure of the built environment at all scales affects microclimatic conditions in the space between buildings, and analyzes the interaction between microclimate and each of the elements of the urban landscape. In the first two sections of the book, the extensive body of work on this subject by climatologists and geographers is presented in the language of architecture and planning professionals. The third section follows each step in the design process, and in part four a critical analysis of selected case study projects provides a demonstration of the complexity of applied urban design. Practitioners will find in this book a useful guide to consult, as they address these key environmental issues in their own work.
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About the Author
Evyatar Erell and David Pearlmutter are Associate Professors at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Terence Williamson is Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture & Urban Design, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
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