The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are rare. This comprehensive reference will be welcomed by student and practising architects as well as other built envronment professionals engaged with the environmental effects of building in worldwide warm and humid climates.
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Dr. Rohinton Emmanuel is a University teacher and researcher from Sri Lanka, with a Ph.D in urban climatology from the University of Michigan and has also taught in the US and Sweden. His core interests in studying the environmental changes brought about by urbanization in the warm, humid tropics. For nearly 13 years he has extensively researched climate changes in cities with the long-term goal of developing urban environmental monitoring indices that facilitate environment-sensitive urban design in the tropics. He has an extensive record of research and publications on building climatology and urban climate changes.
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urban air pollution, urban tropics, outdoor thermal comfort, urban albedo, tropical dwellers, canyon geometry, comfort trends, thermal comfort index, urban canopy layer, shadow umbrella, thermal comfort standards, urban geometry, mechanized modes, urban climatology, tropical context, human thermal comfort, urban design strategies, anthropogenic heat, urban climate, cooling potential, thermal expectation, equatorial tropics, outdoor comfort, tropical cities, urban outdoors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third World, Atmospheric Environment, Sri Lanka, New York, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Mexico City, Upper Darby, Forest Service Technical Report, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Physical Geography, World Meteorological Organization, Metropolitan Physical, Cambridge University Press, The New Landscape, International Journal of Biometeorology, Butterworth Architecture, Boundary Layer Climates, Papua New Guinea, Colombo Metropolitan Region, Middle East, Special Regard, Oxford University Press, United States, Technical Note, Kuala Lumpur Browse Sample Pages:
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urban air pollution, urban tropics, outdoor thermal comfort, urban albedo, tropical dwellers, canyon geometry, comfort trends, thermal comfort index, urban canopy layer, shadow umbrella, thermal comfort standards, urban geometry, mechanized modes, urban climatology, tropical context, human thermal comfort, urban design strategies, anthropogenic heat, urban climate, cooling potential, thermal expectation, equatorial tropics, outdoor comfort, tropical cities, urban outdoors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Third World, Atmospheric Environment, Sri Lanka, New York, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Mexico City, Upper Darby, Forest Service Technical Report, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Physical Geography, World Meteorological Organization, Metropolitan Physical, Cambridge University Press, The New Landscape, International Journal of Biometeorology, Butterworth Architecture, Boundary Layer Climates, Papua New Guinea, Colombo Metropolitan Region, Middle East, Special Regard, Oxford University Press, United States, Technical Note, Kuala Lumpur Browse Sample Pages:
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- The New Landscape: Urbanization in the Third World by Charles Correa on 5 pages
- Energy and Equity (Ideas in Progress) by Ivan Illich on page 18, page 137, and Back Matter
- Boundary Layer Climates by T. R. Oke on page 19, page 57, and page 94
- Mexico City (Global Cities) by Edward Parker on page 39, page 40, and page 58
- Sri Lanka (Population profiles) by Lakshmi Perera on page 17, and page 119
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