A procedure to quantify the impact of mitigation techniques on the urban ventilation

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 410-420

  Mirzaei, Parham A ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

CFD; Exposure; Heat island; Outdoor environment; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE; HEAT ISLAND; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; MUTUAL RELATIONS; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PEDESTRIAN COMFORT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; STREET CANYON; TREE PLANTINGS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN POLLUTIONS; URBAN VENTILATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; POLLUTION; REFORESTATION; SUN; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GUIDELINE; HEAT ISLAND; MITIGATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 80052812097     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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