Designing urban spaces and buildings to improve sustainability and quality of life in a warmer world

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4558-4562

  Smith, Claire ^a   Levermore, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Heat island; Urban design

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION; CITY DWELLERS; COOLING WINDS; EXISTING BUILDINGS; HEAT ABSORPTIONS; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; QUALITY OF LIVES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN GREENINGS; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; URBAN MICROCLIMATES; URBAN PLANNERS; URBAN POPULATIONS; URBAN SPACES; WARMING CLIMATES;

RURAL AREAS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55249118566     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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