Weather in the City
What does science tell us about designing cities that make the most of the weather, and shield us from extremes. This event sees a lecuture on a book that provides the insight, "Weather in the City" by Sanda Lenzholzer.
This is an ideal event who anyone who has read in standard texts about traditional towns that are designed around local climates, but have harboured a suspicion that they haven't been!
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Why this Book?
1. How We Experience the Microclimate
1.1 Physical Factors of Microclimate Experience
1.1.1 Experience of Temperature
1.1.2 Experience of Wind
1.1.3 Other Physical Factors
1.2 Psychological Factors of Microclimate Experience: Ambiance
2. Factors Determining the Urban Climate
2.1 Urban Structure and Temperature Regimes
2.1.1 Radiation and Heat
2.1.2 Air Temperature
2.1.3 Temperature Phenomena Typical for the Urban Environment
2.2 Wind in the Urban Environment
2.2.1 Local Wind Systems
2.2.2 Large-Scale Wind Speed around Cities
2.2.3 Typical Wind Patterns in the Urban Environment
2.3 Ambiance and Microclimate Experience
3. Mapping the Urban Climate at a City Scale
3.1 Climatope Maps as Indicators of Temperature
3.2 Indicating Wind Problems and Potentials
3.3 Urban Climate Maps
3.4 Vulnerability to Urban Climate Phenomena
4. Planning And Design for the Urban Climate at the City Scale
4.1 Reducing Heat Stress
4.2 Creating Ventilation between and within Districts
4.3 Implementation in Planning Practice
5. Mapping the Microclimate
5.1 Analyses of Physical Microclimate Experience
5.1.1. Shadow Simulations as Indicators of Temperature Experience
5.1.2 Educated Guesses about Wind Patterns
5.1.3 Wind Tunnel Tests
5.1.4 Computer Wind Simulations
5.1.5 Computer Simulations for Combined Microclimate Phenomena
5.1.6 Measurements of all Microclimate Phenomena
5.2 Mapping Psychological Aspects of Microclimate Experience
5.2.1 Mental Maps
5.2.2 Interviews
5.2.3 Observations
5.3 Combinations of Analysis Techniques
6 Designing for Microclimate Experience
6.1 Designing for Physical Temperature Experience
6.2 Designing for Physical Wind Experience
6.3 Designing for Protection against Precipitation
6.4 Designing for Multiple Microclimate Factors
6.5 Designing for Psychological Aspects of Microclimate Experience
6.6 Implementation of Measures on The Micro-Scale Level
6.7 Catalogue of Measures to Influence the Microclimate
7. The Future of Urban Climate Design
Index
Recommended Literature
Photographs and Figures Used in this Book
