Architectural Strategies in Reducing Heat Gain in the Sub-Tropical Urban Heat Island
Most scientists agree that the earth's temperature continues to rise. The heat gain is more pronounced in urban areas due to a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. The urban heat island effect is a seemingly inevitable result of urban development, which has far reaching consequence...
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Scholar Commons
2008
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/143 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1142&context=etd |