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Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas Lisa Mummery Gartland 1st edition
Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas
Lisa Mummery Gartland
Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their surroundings. This book offers information about heat islands and their mitigation. It describes how heat islands are formed, what problems they cause, which technologies mitigate heat island effects and what policies and actions can be taken to cool communities.
208 pages, Figures, tables, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 27, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9781844072507 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 214 |
| Dimensions | 189 × 246 × 19 mm · 560 g |
| Language | English |