Mitigation and Adaptation of Urban Overheating : The Impact of Warmer Cities on Climate, Energy, Health, Environmental Quality, Economy, and Quality of Life Paperback / softback
Edited by Nasrin (Associate Professor at Curtin University, Australia and environmental enginee Aghamohammadi, Mattheos (Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture, School of Built En Santamouris
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Provides a fully organized, comprehensive, and holistic analysis of the impact of urban overheating, mitigation, and adaptation on energy, health, environmental quality, survivability, quality of life, and economy Mitigation and Adaptation of Urban Overheating aims to analyze and present all existing relative studies to investigate the global magnitude and characteristics of the ambient temperature drop and the reduction of the heat burden resulting from modified climate conditions due to the implementation of urban mitigation and adaptation technologies and policies. This book will discuss urban overheating, urban heat mitigation, governance, anthropogenic heat emissions, adaptation and adaptation technologies, and their impacts on urban environmental quality, urban health, energy supply and demand, low-income and aged populations, and the economy of cities.
This book incorporates recent developments on urban climatology, urban overheating, mitigation, and adaptation technologies.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
- Publication Date:21/03/2024
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- ISBN:9780443135026
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
- Publication Date:21/03/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9780443135026