Cool City Design: Integrating Real-Time Urban Canyon Assessment into the Design Process for Chinese and Australian Cities

Many cities are undergoing rapid urbanisation and intensification with the unintended consequence of creating dense urban fabric with deep ‘urban canyons’. Urban densification can trap longwave radiation impacting on local atmospheric conditions, contributing to the phenomena known as the Urban Heat...

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Main Authors: Marcus White, Youpei Hu, Nano Langenheim, Wowo Ding, Mark Burry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2016-09-01
Series:Urban Planning
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/646