The Built Environment in a Changing Climate Interactions, Challenges and Perspectives

• Övriga skapare: Ulpiani, Giulia (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare), Zinzi, Michele (Utgivare, redaktör, sammanställare)
• Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
• Språk: engelska
• Publicerad: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Ämnen: Research & information: general; outdoor space; thermal environment; radiation environment; wind environment; heat-related mortality; built environment; urban resilience; extreme heat; climate change; urban heat island; heat stress from outside; indoor environments; tropics; multi-level office buildings; coastal cities; Mediterranean climate; urban heat island intensity; sample year; climate change adaptation; barriers; focus group discussion; Tehran; structural equation modeling; urban management; near-zero energy buildings; future scenarios; energy efficiency; adaptive comfort; long-term performance; urban heat; Australia; UHI effect; mitigation; bushfire smoke; indoor air quality; filtration; building envelope; energy; future weather data; building energy performance; thermal comfort; statistical downscaling of climate models; dynamical downscaling of climate models; urban modelling; cities; buildings; decarbonization; urbanisation; climate; densification; population; temperature; n/a
• Länkar: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collec...