The study of variation in Gross Building Coverage Ratio on estate-level outdoor ventilation

ICSDC 2011: Integrating Sustainability Practices in the Construction Industry - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 255-264

  Lee, Rou Xuan ^a   Wong, Nyuk Hien ^a   Tan, Alex Yong Kwang ^a   Jusuf, Steve Kardinal ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Buildings; Roughness; Sustainable development; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE RATIO; HIGH-DENSITY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PLANNING REGULATIONS; POTENTIAL MODEL; SINGAPORE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; WIND FLOW;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84859494159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41204(426)33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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