Description
This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised. Starting with an introduction to the importance and key aspects of the topic, it moves on to a detailed consideration of the urban climate and pedestrian comfort. Comprehensive techniques for the modelling and optimisation of urban metabolism are then described, together with means for defining sustainability as the fitness function to be optimised. It ends with an eye to the future of sustainable urban design and the means available to urban designers and governors to help them to secure a more sustainable urban future.
This book will be invaluable both in informing the next generation of urban planners, architects and engineers, and as a tool to current professionals that will directly contribute to the effectiveness of their work by allowing them to more successfully measure and model urban sustainability.
Table of Contents
Figures, tables, box and platesForewordAbout the AuthorsAcknowledgementsAcronyms and abbreviations1 Introduction Part I Climate and Comfort2 The Urban Radiant Environment3 The Urban Hydrothermal Environment 4 Pedestrian Comfort Part II Metabolism5 Building Modelling6 Transport ModellingPart III Measures and Optimisation of Sustainability7 Measures of Urban Sustainability 8 Optimisation of Urban Sustainability Part IV An Eye to the Future9 Dynamics of Land -Use Change and Growth 10 Conclusions
