Simulation of the urban climate variations in connection with the transformations of the city of Nantes since the 17th century

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1545-1557

  Benzerzour, Mohamed ^a   Masson, Valéry ^b   Groleau, Dominique ^a   Lemonsu, Aude ^b  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

City transformation; Historical analysis; Numerical modelling; Urban microclimate; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; AIR HUMIDITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING PRACTICES; CITY TRANSFORMATION; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; LONG TERM; MINERAL SURFACES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN ENERGY; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; WATER COURSE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

URBAN PLANNING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANITATION; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN POLITICS;

FRANCE; LOIRE ATLANTIQUE; NANTES; PAYS DE LA LOIRE;

EID: 79953217626     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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