The majority of the worldrsquo;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
2011-10-10 2011-10-10File Name: B007CL77PG
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