Towards rules of thumb for wind comfort and air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 4009-4017

  Bottema, Marcel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Air quality; Architectural design; Pedestrian comfort; Urban atmosphere; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

PEDESTRIAN COMFORT;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; PEDESTRIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WIND;

EID: 0032999448     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00142-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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