Ventilating Cities Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kato, Shinsuke (Συγγραφέας), Hiyama, Kyosuke (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Geography
• Θέματα: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urbanism.

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 climat...