Title Ventilating cities : air-flow criteria for healthy and comfortable urban living / Shinsuke Kato, Kyosuke Hiyama, editors

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (1 color) Series Springer geography Springer geography Contents Sea Breeze Blowing into Urban Areas: Mitigation of the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon -- Thermal Adaptation Outdoors and the Effect of Wind on Thermal Comfort -- Health Risk of Exposure to Vehicular Emissions in Wind-Stagnant Street Canyons -- Pollutant Dispersion in an Urban Area -- Introduction -- Legal Regulations for Urban Ventilation -- New Criteria for Assessing the Local Wind Environment at the Pedestrian Level and the Applications Summary 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 Analysis Geography Regional planning Architecture Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Urbanism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject City planning -- Environmental aspects City planning -- Health aspects. Natural ventilation. Air flow. natural ventilation (systems) ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. Ingénierie. Air flow City planning -- Environmental aspects City planning -- Health aspects Natural ventilation Form Electronic book Author Kato, Shinsuke Hiyama, Kyosuke ISBN 9789400727717 9400727712 9400727704 9789400727700

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