Tropical urban heat islands [electronic resource] : climate, buildings and greenery / Nyuk Hien Wong and Yu Chen.
Conventional air conditioning is not a sustainable solution to the challenge of a hot or humid climate. The climate problem is compounded in so-called Urban Heat Islands, urban areas where the air can be 3-5°C hotter than its surrounding areas and where pollution levels are consequently raised. Incl...
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2009.
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