Thermal comfort issues and implications in high-density cities

Designing High-Density Cities for Social and Environmental Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-106

  Givoni, Baruch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84857368219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774444     Document Type: Chapter

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