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Zusatztext "This is a very thorough book, which … has applications for highly urbanised areas in almost any climate and should therefore prove to be of value to architects, developers, designers and policy makers involved in urban planning."- Martin Liddament, International Journal of Ventilation"The book discusses the transition from vernacular buildings to contemporary buildings in various tropical urban areas. The authors provide some very interesting examples of the often associated loss of consideration to local climatic conditions, in addition to suggested urban design strategies for contemporary buildings built in the tropics... I do recommend this book to those who are particularly interested in tropical urban climates." - Melissa Hart, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2011 Informationen zum Autor Nyuk Hien Wong is Associate Professor and Programme Director of the Master of Science (Building Science) programme in the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore. Yu Chen is a graduate student in the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore. Klappentext Conventional air conditioning is not a sustainable solution to the challenge of a hot or humid climate. This book explores the complex relationships between climate! buildings and plants! especially in urban heat islands. It is useful for researchers and professionals such as architects! architectural science! and landscape architects. Zusammenfassung This book explores the complex relationships between climate, buildings and plants, especially in urban heat islands to form a reference for researchers and professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introduction 1. Tropical Climate 2. Tropical Buildings 3. Tropical Plants 4. Climate and Buildings 5. Buildings and Plants 6. Plants and Climate 7. Climate-Building-Plants System Part 2: Case Studies 8. Measurements in Singapore ...
