Ventilating cities : Air-flow criteria for healthy and comfortable urban living /

<p>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 know...

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Autor principal: Kato, Shinsuke (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hiyama, Kyosuke
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012.
Colección:Springer Geography
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Sumario:<p>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.</p><p>Keywords: urban wind environments, urban heat island, urban climate, land use change, thermal comfort, risk assessment, urban air pollution, urban ventilation</p>
Descripción Física:1 online resource ( X, 197 pages) 87 illustration, 25 illustration in color, digital.
ISBN:9789400727717