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Heat islands: understanding and mitigating heat in urban areas
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Publisher
Earthscan
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
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Table of Contents
From the Book
List of Figures and Tables
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chapter 1. What is a Heat Island?
Heat island definition
Impacts of heat islands
Characteristics of heat islands
Chapter 2. Causes of the Heat Island
Introduction
Energy balance
Reduced evaporation
Increased heat storage
Increased net radiation
Reduced convection
Increased anthropogenic heat
Interplay of heat island causes
Chapter 3. Measuring and Modelling Heat Islands
Measuring heat islands
Modelling heat islands
Chapter 4. From Heat Islands to Cool Communities
Typical land use characteristics
Typical roofing materials
Cool roofing materials
Typical paving materials
Cool paving materials
Thermal properties of materials
Cooling with trees and vegetation
Potential for cooling
Chapter 5. All About Cool Roofing
Introduction
Cool roofing definition
Types of cool roofing
Benefits of cool roofing
Other cool roof considerations
Chapter 6. All About Cool Paving
What is cool paving?
Types of cool paving
Benefits of cool paving
Other cool paving considerations
Chapter 7. Cooling with Trees and Vegetation
Introduction
Benefits and costs of trees and vegetation
Effective landscaping for cooling
Green roofing, or garden roofing
Chapter 8. Community Benefits from Heat Island Mitigation
Introduction
Temperature reductions
Energy savings
Air quality improvements
Human comfort and health improvements
Stormwater run-off reductions
Maintenance and waste reduction
Quality of life benefits
Chapter 9. Cool Community Action Plan
Motivate
Investigate
Educate
Demonstrate
Initiate
Legislate
More action opportunities
The cool revolution
Index
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Subjects
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ISBN
9781844072507
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