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Designing Cooler Cities

Energy, Cooling and Urban Form: The Asian Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Ali Cheshmehzangi

    1. University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

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  2. Chris Butters

    1. Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  • Offers a unique focus on the Asian urban context in particular with sustainability focus as well as both a comparative and multi-level approach
  • Considers policy challenges and recommendations arising from case studies presented in the context of Asia, from China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore to India and Malaysia
  • Provides guidance for planners, policy makers, designers, researchers and academics from across sociology, ecology, economy and policy studies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies (PSAPS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ali Cheshmehzangi, Chris Butters
    Pages 1-4

  3. Cities, Climate and Cooling

    • Chris Butters, Ali Cheshmehzangi
    Pages 5-19

  4. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Reducing Cooling Loads in Hot-Humid Climates: A Best Practice Research Building in China

      • Ali Cheshmehzangi, Linjun Xie
      Pages 23-36

    3. In Tune with Nature: A Low Energy Office Building in Tropical Colombo

      • Upendra Rajapaksha
      Pages 37-50

    4. Towards Cooler Buildings: The Case of Thailand

      • Chris Butters, Pattana Rakkwamsuk
      Pages 51-65

  5. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Cooling with Green Infrastructures: The Influence of Trees on Thermal Conditions in Tropical Urban Parks

      • Yun Hye Hwang, Qin Jie Geraldine Lum, Li Xuan Cherlyn Lim
      Pages 69-83

    3. Designing Residential Microclimates: Malhar Eco-Village in Bangalore, India

      • Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ayotunde Dawodu, Amir Cheshmehzangi
      Pages 85-104

    4. Integrated Urban Design: Study for a Housing District in Ningbo, China

      • Chris Butters, Ali Cheshmehzangi
      Pages 105-116

  6. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Modeling City Patterns for Urban Ventilation: Strategies in High Density Areas of Singapore

      • Abel Tablada, Yueyang He
      Pages 119-135

    3. ‘Summoning’ Wind for Urban Cooling: Urban Wind Corridor Projects in China

      • Dong-Li Hong, Shiuh-Shen Chien
      Pages 137-150

    4. District Cooling: A Key Solution for Hot Climate Cities

      • Chris Butters, Adzuieen Nordin, Danny Tam Hong Khai
      Pages 151-171

    5. Cooler Cities: What Kinds of City?

      • Chris Butters
      Pages 173-190

    6. Conclusions and Recommendations

      • Ali Cheshmehzangi, Chris Butters
      Pages 191-197

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 199-204
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About this book

This edited book surveys the major sustainability challenges facing Asian cities, in particular those related to urban energy and city cooling. The book discusses the key concepts and issues involved, addressing the three levels of micro (individual buildings), meso (neighbourhoods/districts) and macro (whole or large parts of cities). It illustrates different paradigms of urban development and explores how to create cooler cities by applying integrated sustainable design and planning on all three levels, bridging the gap between specialist approaches by highlighting both built projects, processes, and research. It also raises questions about prevalent paradigms of urban development as well as topics relating to urban district cooling solutions, sustainable construction materials, and processes towards effective delivery of sustainable cities. Providing cutting edge insights into hot climate cities in Asia, this text is also pertinent for the study of cities in other world regions, notably in developing countries, and of broad relevance to sustainable urban planning in all contexts.




Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China

    Ali Cheshmehzangi

  • Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Chris Butters

About the editors

Ali Cheshmehzangi, urbanist and urban designer by profession, is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China, and Director of Urban Innovation Lab (UIL) and International Network for Urban-Rural Research (INURR). Ali has been the lead partner in China on the ELITH research programme.




Chris Butters has 35 years of experience in several countries as practising architect, author, project manager, lecturer and consultant. Formerly director of Norwegian Architects for Sustainable Development (NABU) and senior consultant at the Ideas Bank Foundation, Chris has more recently been researcher at Warwick University, UK, on the ELITH programme.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Designing Cooler Cities

  • Book Subtitle: Energy, Cooling and Urban Form: The Asian Perspective

  • Editors: Ali Cheshmehzangi, Chris Butters

  • Series Title: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6638-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6637-5Published: 14 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4920-1Published: 30 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6638-2Published: 27 November 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2662-7922

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7930

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 204

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Development and Sustainability, Urbanism

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