{"product_id":"9789400798465","title":"Ventilating Cities: Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living","description":"\u003ch1\u003eVentilating Cities: Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKato, Shinsuke; Hiyama, Kyosuke\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the world’s population live in environments with artificially weakened wind as buildings in urban areas form wind-breaks and reduce wind speeds. Anthropogenic heat is also generated and during the summer dense urban areas suffer from the urban heat island effect, a known urban climate problem. This book discusses how to evaluate the urban wind environment, including ventilation performance and thermal comfort. This book is organized in two parts; Wind Environment and the Urban Environment and Criteria for Assessing Breeze Environments. It includes chapters on sea breeze in urban areas; thermal adaptation and the effect of wind on thermal comfort;  health risk of exposures; pollutant transport in dense urban areas;  legal regulations for urban ventilation and new criteria for assessing the local wind environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeywords: urban wind environments, urban heat island, urban climate, land use change, thermal comfort, risk assessment, urban air pollution, urban ventilation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2014-02-24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789400798465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-007-2771-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 198.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45583862136972,"sku":"9789400798465","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789400798465.jpg?v=1767204835","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789400798465","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}