Ventilating cities:air-flow criteria for healthy and comfortable urban living

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Hiyama Kyosuke.; Kato Shinsuke.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Dordrecht New York
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Springer geography
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2771-7
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 197 p.):
ISBN: 9789400727717 (electronic bk.)
9400727712 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: TU984
CLC: TU984
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.