A review on the flow structure and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons for urban planning strategies

SIMULATION

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 892-916

  Yazid, Afiq Witri Muhammad ^a   Sidik, nor Azwadi Che ^a   Salim, Salim Mohamed ^b   Saqr, Khalid M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport   (Egypt)

Author keywords

air quality; flow structure; pollutant dispersion; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; EXHAUST POLLUTANTS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; URBAN CONFIGURATIONS; URBAN PLANNING STRATEGIES; URBAN STREET CANYON; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84905975862     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549714528046     Document Type: Article

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