Ventilating Cities : Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living - Kato, Shinsuke; Hiyama, Kyosuke; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012)
1.Introduction.- Part I: Wind Environment and Urban Environment -- 2. Sea breeze blowing into urban area: mitigation of the urban heat island phenomenon.- 3. Thermal adaptation outdoors and the effect of wind on thermal comfort.- 4. Health Risk of Exposure to Vehicular Emissions in Wind Stagnant Street Canyons.- 5. Pollutant Transport in Dense Urban Areas.- Part II: Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environment -- 6. Legal regulations for urban ventilation.- 7. New Criteria for Assessing Local Wind Environment at Pedestrian Level and the Applications -- Index.
Keywords: Regional planning; Urban planning; City planning; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Urbanism