Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 412 pages
- Published by: Earthscan Publications Ltd. May 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1873936907
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1873936900
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.9 pounds
Product Description
Both the number and percentage of people living in urban areas is growing rapidly. Up to half of the worlds population is expected to be living in a city by the end of the century and there are over 170 cities in the world with populations over a million.
Cities have a huge impact on the local climate and require vast quantities of energy to keep them functioning. The urban environment in turn has a big impact on the performance and requirements of buildings. The size, scale and mechanism of these interactions are poorly understood and strategies to mitigate them are rarely implemented.
This is the first comprehensive book to address these questions. It arises out of a program of work (POLISTUDIES) carried out for the Save program of the European Commission. Chapters describe not only the main problems encountered such as the heat island and canyon effects, but also a range of design solutions that can be adopted both to improve the energy performance and indoor air quality of individual buildings and to look at aspects of urban design that can reduce these climatic effects. The book concludes with some examples of innovative urban bioclimatic buildings.
The project was coordinated by Professor Mat Santamouris from the University of Athens who is also the editor of the book. Other contributions are from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, ENTPE, Lyons, France and the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
About The Author
Mat Santamouris is Associate Professor in the Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece, and Visiting Professor at the University of North London. He has had many books published in this field and is on the editorial board for four journals.
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