Assessing urban sustainability: Microclimate and design qualities of a new development

PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  De Schiller, Silvia ^a   Evans, John Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Microclimate; Sustainability; Urban design qualities; Urban development

Indexed keywords

BUENOS AIRES; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CITY BLOCK; DESIGN QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBALISATION; MICROCLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; PHYSICAL SIMULATION; RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION; SOLAR SIMULATOR; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; TRANSFORMATION PROCESS; TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PROJECTS; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EXHIBITION BUILDINGS; URBAN GROWTH;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84865704463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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