An Urban Approach to Climate Sensitive Design : Strategies for the Tropics

The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are rare. This comprehensive reference will be welcomed by student and practising architects as well as other built envronment professionals engaged with the environmental effects of building in worldwide warm and humid climates. "An Urban Approach to Climate-Sensitive Design brings together the emerging literature on climate-sensitive urban design and places it in a tropical context. The physical processes behind changing urban climate are clearly illustrated. The book presents a general background to the environmental issues facing tropical building designers - energy consumption and comfort implication of buildings and an overview of microclimate changes brought about by urbanization. New ways of looking at urban design are presented from a climatic design perspective."--Jacket The rate of urbanization in the tropics is currently the highest in the world, but literature on how to design suitable buildings for the urban tropical environment has not hitherto been widely available. This volume offers a response to the increasing need for coverage of this area of architecture M. Rohinton Emmanuel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.