TY - BOOK AU - Erell,Evyatar AU - Pearlmutter,David AU - Williamson,Terry TI - Urban Microclimate: Designing the spaces between buildings SN - 9781844076679 AV - NA 2542.35 E82 2010 U1 - 720.47 22 PY - 2010/// CY - United States PB - Earthscan Published KW - Architecture environmental aspects KW - Case studies KW - Local KW - City planning KW - Climatic factors N1 - Include index; Included bibliografical references and index; Introduction 1 -- 1 Scales of Climatic Study 15 -- 2 The Urban Energy Balance 27 -- 3 The Urban Heat Island 67 -- 4 Urban Air-Flow 85 -- 5 The Energy Balance of a Human Being in an Urban Space 109 -- 6 Thermal Preferences 125 -- 7 Application of Climatology in Urban Planning and Design 141 -- 8 Microclimate Design Strategies in Urban Space 145 -- 9 Vegetation 165 -- 10 Linear Space 189 -- 11 Modelling the Urban Microclimate 209 -- 12 Case Study 1: Neve Zin 231 -- 13 Case Study 2: Clarke Quay 239 -- 14 Glossary 251 -- Index 259 -- N2 - Bridging the gap between climatology research and applied urban design, this title provides architects and urban design professionals with an understanding of how the structure of the built ER -