Heat islands
Subtitle: understanding and mitigating heat in urban areas
By: Lisa Gartland.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781844072507
Subjects: Urban heat island
Description: "This comprehensive book brings together the latest information about heat islands and their mitigation. Heat island formation and the problems they cause, mitigation technologies and their benefits and policies, and actions for cooling communities are described in full. The author includes sections on roof cooling and cool paving and explains their benefits in detail, providing practical guidelines for their selection and installation. The book also includes effective methodologies for using trees and vegetation for cooling, such as green roofs. In this groundbreaking book, Lisa Gartland offers a comprehensive source of information for turning heat islands into cool communities."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.