Overview
- Evaluates the wind environment in the aspect of moderate wind
- Discusses development of exceedance probability method for the evaluation
- Explains methods of CFD and wind tunnel experiments easily
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Wind Environment and Urban Environment
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Front Matter
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Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environment
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The majority of the world’s population live in environments with artificially weakened wind as buildings in urban areas form wind-breaks and reduce wind speeds. Anthropogenic heat is also generated and during the summer dense urban areas suffer from the urban heat island effect, a known urban climate problem. This book discusses how to evaluate the urban wind environment, including ventilation performance and thermal comfort. This book is organized in two parts; Wind Environment and the Urban Environment and Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environments. It includes chapters on sea breeze in urban areas; thermal adaptation and the effect of wind on thermal comfort; health risk of exposures; pollutant transport in dense urban areas;  legal regulations for urban ventilation and new criteria for assessing the local wind environment.
Keywords: urban wind environments, urban heat island, urban climate, land use change, thermal comfort, risk assessment, urban air pollution, urban ventilation
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ventilating Cities
Book Subtitle: Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living
Authors: Shinsuke Kato, Kyosuke Hiyama
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2771-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2770-0Published: 03 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9846-5Published: 24 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2771-7Published: 02 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 198