Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability /
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London ;
Routledge,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Understanding density and high density / Vicky Cheng
- Is the high-density city the only option? / Brenda Vale and Robert Vale
- The sustainability of high density / Susan Roaf
- Density and urban sustainability : an exploration of critical issues / Chye Kiang Heng and Lai Choo Malone-Lee
- Climate changes brought about by urban living / Chiu-Ying Lam
- Urbanization and city climate : a diurnal and seasonal perspective / Wing-Mo Leung and Tsz-Cheung Lee
- Urban climate in dense cities / Lutz Katschner
- Thermal comfort issues and implications in high-density cities / Baruch Givoni
- Urban environment diversity and human comfort / Koen Steemers and Marylis Ramos
- Designing for urban ventilation / Edward Ng
- Natural ventilation in high-density cities / Francis Allard, Christian Ghiaus, and Agota Szucs
- Sound environment : high- versus low-density cities / Jian Kang
- Designing for daylighting / Edward Ng
- Designing for wast minimization in high-density cities / Chi-Sun Poon and Lara Jaillon
- Fire engineering for high-density cities / Wan-Ki Chow
- The role of urban greenery in high-density cities / Nyuk-Hien Wong and Yu Chen
- Energy in high-density cities / Adrian Pitts
- Environmental assessment : shifting scales / Raymond J. Cole
- The social and psychological issues of high-density city space / Bryan Lawson
- Sustainable compact cities and high-rise buildings / Sung Woo Shin
- Microclimate in public housing : a environmental approach to community development / John C.Y. Ng
- Designing for high-density living : high rise, high amenity, and high design / Kam-Sing Wong.
