Controlling Summer Heat Islands
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Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Urban climatology |
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Total Pages | : 390 |
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Genre | : Urban climatology |
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Author | : H. Akbari |
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Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Electric power |
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Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Electric power |
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Author | : Lisa Gartland |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1849712980 |
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Lisa Mummery Gartland |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2012-05-16 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1136564217 |
Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their surroundings. Traditional, highly absorptive construction materials and a lack of effective landscaping are their main causes. Heat island problems, in terms of increased energy consumption, reduced air quality and effects on human health and mortality, are becoming more pressing as cities continue to grow and sprawl. This comprehensive book brings together the latest information about heat islands and their mitigation. The book describes how heat islands are formed, what problems they cause, which technologies mitigate heat island effects and what policies and actions can be taken to cool communities. Internationally renowned expert Lisa Gartland offers a comprehensive source of information for turning heat islands into cool communities. The author includes sections on cool roofing and cool paving, explains their benefits in detail and provides practical guidelines for their selection and installation. The book also reviews how and why to incorporate trees and vegetation around buildings, in parking lots and on green roofs.
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Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Forests and forestry |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
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Author | : Ann Forsyth |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2005-10-24 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0471736805 |
Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. Small parks are too often relegated to being the step-child of municipal and metropolitan open space systems because of assumptions that their small size and isolation limits their recreational capacity and makes them ecologically less valuable than large city and county parks. This manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of small parks. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Also included are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating research findings into small urban park design.