Ventilating Cities [electronic resource] : Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living / by Shinsuke Kato, Kyosuke Hiyama.
By: Kato, Shinsuke [author.].
Contributor(s): Hiyama, Kyosuke [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: BookSeries: Springer Geography: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012Description: X, 197p. 87 illus., 25 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400727717.Subject(s): Geography | Regional planning | Architecture | Geography | Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning | UrbanismDDC classification: 710 Online resources: Click here to access online1.Introduction.- Part I: Wind Environment and Urban Environment -- 2. Sea breeze blowing into urban area: mitigation of the urban heat island phenomenon.- 3. Thermal adaptation outdoors and the effect of wind on thermal comfort.- 4. Health Risk of Exposure to Vehicular Emissions in Wind Stagnant Street Canyons.- 5. Pollutant Transport in Dense Urban Areas.- Part II: Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environment -- 6. Legal regulations for urban ventilation.- 7. New Criteria for Assessing Local Wind Environment at Pedestrian Level and the Applications -- Index.
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. Keywords: urban wind environments, urban heat island, urban climate, land use change, thermal comfort, risk assessment, urban air pollution, urban ventilation
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