Computer Modelling for Sustainable Urban Design: Physical Principles, Methods and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781844076796 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 296 str.

Darren Robinson

Opis

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modeled and optimized. 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 modeling and optimisation of urban metabolism are then described, together with means for defining sustainability as the fitness function to be optimized. 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.

Spis treści

Figures, Tables, Box and Plates.  Foreword.  About the Authors.  Acknowledgements.  Acronyms and Abbreviations.  1. Introduction  Part 1: Climate and Comfort  2. The Urban Radiant Environment  3. The Urban Hydrothermal Environment  4. Pedestrian Comfort  Part 2: Metabolism  5. Building Modelling  6. Transport Modelling  Part 3: Measures and Optimisation of Sustainability  7. Measures of Urban Sustainability  8. Optimisation of Urban Sustainability  Part 4: An Eye to the Future  9. Dynamics of Land – Use Change and Growth  10. Conclusions

O autorze

Dr. Darren Robinson is Professor of Building and Urban Physics at Nottingham University and a recipient of the CIBSE Napier-Shaw Medal, the IBPSA-UK Young Persons' Award and the Building and Environment Journal Best Paper Award (twice).