Climatic design and changing social needs in the tropics: A case study in Kuching, Sarawak

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6278-6292

  Karol, Elizabeth ^a   Lai, Vincent Voon Chin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic design; Design strategies; Housing in the tropics; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCRETE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION;

EAST MALAYSIA; KUCHING; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

EID: 84907156891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6096278     Document Type: Article

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