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Author Lenzholzer, Sanda, 1967- author

Title Weather in the city : how design shapes the urban climate / Sanda Lenzholzer ; [translation Jean Tee]
Published [Rotterdam] : nai010 publishers, [2015]

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  307.1216 Len/Wit  AVAILABLE
Description 224 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Contents Contents note continued: 4.Planning And Design for the Urban Climate at the City Scale -- 4.1.Reducing Heat Stress -- 4.2.Creating Ventilation between and within Districts -- 4.3.Implementation in Planning Practice -- 5.Mapping the Microclimate -- 5.1.Analyses of Physical Microclimate Experience -- 5.1.1.Shadow Simulations as Indicators of Temperature Experience -- 5.1.2.Educated Guesses about Wind Patterns -- 5.1.3.Wind Tunnel Tests -- 5.1.4.Computer Wind Simulations -- 5.1.5.Computer Simulations for Combined Microclimate Phenomena -- 5.1.6.Measurements of all Microclimate Phenomena -- 5.2.Mapping Psychological Aspects of Microclimate Experience -- 5.2.1.Mental Maps -- 5.2.2.Interviews -- 5.2.3.Observations -- 5.3.Combinations of Analysis Techniques -- 6.Designing for Microclimate Experience -- 6.1.Designing for Physical Temperature Experience -- 6.2.Designing for Physical Wind Experience -- 6.3.Designing for Protection against Precipitation --
Contents note continued: 6.4.Designing for Multiple Microclimate Factors -- 6.5.Designing for Psychological Aspects of Microclimate Experience -- 6.6.Implementation of Measures on The Micro-Scale Level -- 6.7.Catalogue of Measures to Influence the Microclimate -- 7.The Future of Urban Climate Responsive Design
Machine generated contents note: 1.How We Experience the Microclimate -- 1.1.Physical Factors of Microclimate Experience -- 1.1.1.Experience of Temperature -- 1.1.2.Experience of Wind -- 1.1.3.Other Physical Factors -- 1.2.Psychological Factors of Microclimate Experience: ̀Ambiance' -- 2.Factors Determining the Urban Climate -- 2.1.Urban Structure and Temperature Regimes -- 2.1.1.Radiation and Heat -- 2.1.2.Air Temperature -- 2.1.3.Temperature Phenomena Typical for the Urban Environment -- 2.2.Wind in the Urban Environment -- 2.2.1.Local Wind Systems -- 2.2.2.Speed of the Large-Scale Wind Around Cities -- 2.2.3.Typical Wind Patterns in the Urban Environment -- 2.3.Ambiance and Microclimate Experience -- 3.Mapping the Urban Climate at a City Scale -- 3.1.Climatope Maps as Indicators of Temperature -- 3.2.Indicating Wind Problems and Potentials -- 3.3.Urban Climate Maps -- 3.4.Vulnerability to Urban Climate Phenomena --
Summary The way we experience the urban climate depends on physical and psychological factors dictated by our surroundings. A beautifully laid-out square where you are nearly blown off your feet. A modern city apartment in which it is too hot to sleep in the summer. Everyone knows examples of urban architecture whose design fails to take the urban climate properly into account. This publication explains and illustrates in a comprehensible way how smart urban design can enhance comfort in the city
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 221) and index
Subject City planning -- Environmental aspects.
Author Tee, Jean, translator
LC no. 2015449352
ISBN 9462081980
9789462081987