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Terms and conditions applyHeat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas
Lisa Gartland
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Format: Book
Publisher: Earthscan
Date Published: Oct 2010
Stock Code: 64633
ISBN: 9781849712989
Binding: Paperback
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This comprehensive book brings together the latest information about heat islands and their mitigation. The book 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 communitieis. The author includes sections on cool roofing and cool paving, explains their benefits in detail and provides practical guidelines for ther selection and installation. The book also reviews how and why to incorporate trees and vegetation around buildings, in parking lots and on green roofs. In this groundbreaking book, Lisa Gartland offers a comprehensive source of information for turning heat islands into cool communities.
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