Urban microclimate : designing the spaces between buildings /
Designing the spaces between buildings.
Evyatar Erell, David Pearlmutter, and Terry Williamson.
- London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.
- xviii, 266 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Scales of climatic study -- The urban energy balance -- The urban heat island -- Urban airflow -- The energy balance of a human being in an urban space -- Thermal preferences -- Application of climatology in urban planning and design -- Microclimate design strategies in urban space -- Vegetation -- Linear space -- Modelling the urban microclimate -- Case study 1: Neve Zin -- Case study 2: Clarke Quay.
9781844074679 (hardback)
Architecture--Environmental aspects City planning--Climatic factors Architecture--Environmental aspects--Case studies