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T. R. Oke - Urban Climates - 9781107429536 - V9781107429536
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Urban Climates

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Description for Urban Climates Paperback. The first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates, suitable for students and researchers alike. Num Pages: 582 pages, 334 colour illus. 50 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; RGB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Urban Climates is the first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates. The book begins with an outline of what constitutes an urban ecosystem. It develops a comprehensive terminology for the subject using scale and surface classification as key constructs. It explains the physical principles governing the creation of distinct urban climates, such as airflow around buildings, the heat island, precipitation modification and air pollution, and it then illustrates how this knowledge can be applied to moderate the undesirable consequences of urban development and help create more sustainable and resilient cities. With urban climate science now ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
546
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107429536
SKU
V9781107429536
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About T. R. Oke
T. R. Oke is Professor Emeritus and former Head of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His research interests focus on urban climate and the energy and water balances of cities. Dr Oke has published more than two hundred scientific publications, and is author of the widely-used text Boundary Layer Climates (1987). He founded and was the first ... Read more

Reviews for Urban Climates
'This is a very important book for anyone interested in understanding the climates of cities - their characteristics, controls, causes and implications. Comprehensive, clearly written, richly illustrated, and with broad ranging examples and well documented sources of data, this is a book that should be read by researchers, students and practitioners interested in the urban environment, urban planning and design, ... Read more

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