Heat islands understanding and mitigating heat in urban areas /
'An excellent scientific book and a very useful source of knowledge. The author has succeeded in describing in a very comprehensive way all the recent scientific developments in this very important subject. The reader will be fully informed on the causes of heat islands the scientific ways to d...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
c2008.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | 'An excellent scientific book and a very useful source of knowledge. The author has succeeded in describing in a very comprehensive way all the recent scientific developments in this very important subject. The reader will be fully informed on the causes of heat islands the scientific ways to document them and also on all major mitigation techniques. This is a valuable reference not only for climatologists and climate experts but also for building engineers architects building physicists researchers and university students.' Mat Santamouris Associate Professor at the University of Athens Greec. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 192 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849771559 (electronic bk.) 1849771553 (electronic bk.) 9781435699359 (electronic bk.) 1435699351 (electronic bk.) |