Improvement Measures of Urban Thermal Environment
Maximizing reader insights into urban and architectural environmental planning with consideration for the thermal environment, this work highlights how various urban heat island strategies have been developed, and their effectiveness in the urban area. Sp
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Hideki Takebayashi
Improvement Measures of Urban Thermal Environment
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
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Hideki Takebayashi
Improvement Measures of Urban Thermal Environment
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Hideki Takebayashi Graduate School of Engineering Kobe University Kobe Japan
ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-13784-1 ISBN 978-3-319-13785-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13785-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014956870 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In Japan, various urban heat island measure strategies have been developed, and their effectiveness has been verified in several applications such as cool roofs, green roofs, cool pavements, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems with little exhaust heat, and wind paths in urban areas. Based on the various research findings, the Architectural Institute of Japan published the ‘Cool Roof Guidebook’ in Japanese in March 2014. The author has lectured to students from the Department of Architecture undertaking the ‘urban environmental planning’ undergraduate course and to students undertaking the ‘urban environment systems’ masters course; this book is at a similar level to the content of the lectures. This book provides an overview and a systematic description of the features and effects of urban heat island countermeasure technologies. It also describes the evaluation methods of the countermeasure effects of these technologies. The book is unique because it describes the optimal selection methods of urban heat island countermeasure technologies according to regional climate, topography, land use, urban block form, building shape and loca
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