The Centre of City: Thermal Environment and Spatial Morphology

A major objective of this monograph is to identify the impact of thermal environment on urban center district. It provides in-depth evaluation and research on the correlation between urban spatial morphology indicator and urban thermal environment. In addition, the distribution characteristics of thermal environment and urban morphology units sample are also evaluated intensively. Furthermore, it analyses from three aspects of urban planning, architecture and landscape respectively and includes 35 concrete measures that could be brought into practice on reducing negative impact of urban thermal environment. Through 500 vivid figures, graphs and diagrams it illustrates the relationship between urban morphology and urban thermal environment. The analysis software employed by the author includes Ecotect, ENVI-met and Ray-man. It intertwines the quantitative research of both thermal environment and urban morphology through in-depth analysis and urban microclimate simulation. It makes avaluable contribution for the research on urban environment and urban morphology.

Includes more than 400 vivid figures to illustrate and proves the study key point Provides many sample cities explaining the influencing mechanism of thermal environment on urban spatial morphology Explains deep mechanism and interaction between urban morphology and thermal environment Presents in-depth analysis of spatial distribution and characteristics of the urban thermal environment Provides useful implementation measures to reduce the UHI (Urban Heat Island) and promote urban thermal environment

Auteur

Junyan Yang, Professor and doctoral supervisor of urban planning department in Architecture school, Southeast University. Vice-president of Southeast University Smart City Institute. Director of Urban Centre District Research Institution. Winner of the First Urban Planning Youth Science Award, member of the Academic Working Committee of Urban Planning Society and Academic Committee of Urban Design. Prof. Yang's research is supported by the Ministry of Education's 'New Century Talents' program and he is member of NSFC(National Natural Science Foundation of China) reviewing committee in urban planning and human geography. Research interests of Prof. Yang are Urban Morphology study and full digitalization urban design of urban center district.

Contenu

Introduction.- Research on Influencing Indicator mechanism of Thermal Environment.- Measurement and Simulation of Thermal Environment in Xinjiekou Area.- Coupling Analysis Between Spatial Morphology Units and Thermal Environment in Xinjiekou Area.- Optimization Strategy of Thermal Environment.- Sample Analysis of Thermal Environment in Urban Planning and Design.- Conclusion and Expectation.