Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technologies

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: advective heat flux; air temperature; Australian climatic conditions; China; city; climate change mitigation and adaptation; coastal cities; cool roof; cooling effect; desert climate; energy budget equation; global warming; heatwaves; land use/land cover; latent heat flux; Mathematics and Science; metamaterials; nonlinear programming; partial least square regression; passive radiative cooling; perceived thermal comfort; Physics; physiological equivalent temperature; prototype; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; sensible heat flux; Shanghai; smart cities; surface urban heat island effect; sustainability; sustainable cities; sustainable development; sustainable urban development; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; Technology: general issues; thermal comfort; Thermodynamics and heat; urban form; urban green spaces; urban health; urban heat island; urban heat island intensity; urban microclimate design; urban overheating; urban park; urban resilience
• ISBN: 9783036507231; 303650723X; 3036507221; 9783036507224
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-0723-1

This book is relevant to architects, urban designers, planners, and policy makers concerned with enhancing climate-sensitive urban form and planning. It discusses building and neighborhood design: layout and design features that maximize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without compromising the ability of other buildings to enjoy similar benefits; the use of interstitial spaces (piazzas, streets, and parks) to improve the microclimate at the neighbourhood-level; design intervention case studies; innovative uses of interstitial spaces to improve the local climate at the neighborhood level; and urban radiative cooling solutions to mitigate the unintended climate consequences of urban growth and suggestions for ways forward.