| Description |
1 online resource |
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Urban Sustainability |
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Urban sustainability (Springer (Firm))
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Climate Change, Cities, and the Importance of Cooling Strategies, Practices, and Policies -- 1 Prologue: Climate Change and Cooling Cities -- 2 The Aim and Objectives of the Book -- 3 Structure of the Book -- 4 A Summary -- References -- Part I Concepts, Theories, and Trends -- 2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Private Realm -- 2.1 Building-Integrated Green Infrastructure or Courtyard Greenery |
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2.2 Cool Materials for Buildings or Hard Surfaces -- 2.3 Building-Integrated Evaporative Cooling Towers -- 2.4 Building-Integrated Shading -- 3 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Public Realm -- 3.1 Green Infrastructure Applied in the Public Realm -- 3.2 Cool Pavements -- 3.3 Water Bodies and Misting Systems -- 3.4 Outdoor Shading -- 4 Combination of Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Biophilic Design: Pinpointing Nature-Based Techniques in Urban Areas to Combat Global Warming -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Warming: Concepts and Elements |
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3 Biophilic Design Performance to Mitigate UHI -- 3.1 Concepts and Strategies -- 4 Case Study Examples -- 5 Numerical Simulations to Measure UHI -- 5.1 Study Area: Shahrdari (Municipality) Square -- 5.2 Outline of the Simulation Analysis -- 6 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 4 Warming Cities in Pakistan: Evaluating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Thermal Field Variance Index Under Rapid Urbanization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Acquisition and Preparation -- 3 LST Retrieval Through Earth Observations -- 4 UTFVI Estimation and Its Spatial-temporal Heterogeneities |
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5 Changes in LST, UTFVI, and Built-Up Areas -- 6 Discussions and Implications -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Urban Heat Island (UHI) Implications and a Holistic Management Framework -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 3 Urbanization Induced Factors of UHI -- 3.1 Urban Drivers -- 3.2 Environmental Factors -- 4 Climate Change Induced Factors -- 4.1 Geographical Features Based Factors of UHI -- 4.2 Urban Climate -- 4.3 Meteorological Parameters -- 5 UHI Conceptualization -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies |
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6 Contribution of Bodies of Water to the Mitigation of UHI Effect in Urban Canyon: A Parametric Study Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Assessment Method -- 2.1 Field Measurement at COSMO -- 2.2 Parametric Study with Coupled Numerical Modelling -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Spatial Cooling Benefits of Bodies of Water -- 3.2 Influence of Pond Size and Orientation on the Thermal Environment -- 3.3 Enhancing the Mitigating Capacity of Water Bodies -- 3.4 A Numerical Modelling for Parametric Studies -- 4 Conclusions -- References |
| Summary |
This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies. With ever-increasing climate change impacts on our living environments and continuous calamities and natural disasters around the world, we urge for new approaches, apt action, and adequate support to boost cooling strategies for the built environments. To achieve this goal, research, practice, and policy could do much more to provide us with new pathways to achieve sustainable development. This book is a comprehensive collection of theoretical perspectives and global case study examples focused on three core areas of (1) concepts, theories, and trends, (2) mitigation and adaptation strategies, and (3) policies. The book is of use to various stakeholders and more importantly to urban specialists, planners and designers, policymakers, academics, practitioners, and developers. We urge them to mitigate climate change before it gets too late. We are confident the book could provide readers with new ideas, strategies, and directions that could lighten up the path toward new actions, policies, and innovation |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 15, 2023) |
| Subject |
City planning -- Climatic factors.
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Urban climatology.
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Sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable design.
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sustainable architecture.
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City planning -- Climatic factors.
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Sustainable architecture.
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Sustainable design.
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Urban climatology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheshmehzangi, Ali, editor.
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He, Bao-Jie, editor
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Sharifi, Ayyoob, editor.
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Matzarakis, Andreas, editor
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| ISBN |
9789819936755 |
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9819936756 |
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