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.

The book presents a general background to the environmental issues facing tropical building designers - energy consumption and comfort implications of buildings and an overview of microclimate changes brought about by urbanization.

This book brings together the developments in the field of climate change science, building design, materials science, energy and policy in a form readily accessible to both students of the built environment and practitioners.