Resilient Urban Environments Planning for Livable Cities /
This book aims to provide evidence of the impact of climate change and urbanization on cities’ urban environments thus on human health and wellbeing; and principles and methods for the improvement of the resilience of a city to extreme weather and long-term climatic changes through case studies. The...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2024.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2024. |
| Collection: | Cities and Nature,
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| Accès en ligne: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55482-7 |
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Table des matières:
- Introduction
- Concept of livable cities
- Wellbeing and social health
- Burden of heatwaves and Mortality risks
- Air quality and health impact
- Urban heat island and heat stress
- Modeling urban microclimates
- Modelling Air Quality in the Urban Environment
- Urban ventilation
- Balancing noise environment and indoor soundscaping
- Urban Green Infrastructure
- Urban Flood Resilience
- Nature-based solutions
- Energy demand reduction
- Clean and renewable energy
- Zero-carbon cities
- Principles for the planning of zero-carbon cities/communities
- Global policies and practices for transforming city-regions
- Urban maintenance and robustness
- Place-based systems approach to tackle the grand challenges. .