Article: The study of summer-time heat island, built form and fabric in a densely built urban environment in compact Chinese cities: Hong Kong, Guangzhou

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Title	The study of summer-time heat island, built form and fabric in a densely built urban environment in compact Chinese cities: Hong Kong, Guangzhou
Authors	Lau, SSY1 Yang, F3 Tai, J1 Wu, XL2 Wang, J4
Keywords	Guangzhou Heat Island Hi High-Rise High-Density Hong Kong
Issue Date	2011
Publisher	Inderscience Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.inderscience.com/ijsd
Citation	International Journal Of Sustainable Development, 2011, v. 14 n. 1-2, p. 30-48 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2011.039636
Abstract	The authors investigated the environmental disaffects of the mixed and intensive land-use (MILU) urban model that are responsible for the high-rise and high-densities cities of Asia. The compact urban form is associated with environmental consequences such as worsen canyon geometry due to close proximity of built form and urban fabric. Canyons are responsible for the worsening of urban microclimate and aggravation of heat island intensity on building energy consumption. In this study, field measurements of microclimatic conditions due to MILU developments were taken at strategic outdoor locations of concentrated residential areas during the summer months of 2006 and 2007 respectively. It considered and discussed the consequences of design-related variables of open spaces and their effects on the outdoor thermal environment under various high-rise, high-density urban settings. Discussion was made of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, which share a subtropical climate with hot temperatures, but different relative humidity, during the summer months. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ISSN	0960-1406 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.026
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2011.039636
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dc.contributor.author	Yang, F
dc.contributor.author	Tai, J
dc.contributor.author	Wu, XL
dc.contributor.author	Wang, J
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dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	The authors investigated the environmental disaffects of the mixed and intensive land-use (MILU) urban model that are responsible for the high-rise and high-densities cities of Asia. The compact urban form is associated with environmental consequences such as worsen canyon geometry due to close proximity of built form and urban fabric. Canyons are responsible for the worsening of urban microclimate and aggravation of heat island intensity on building energy consumption. In this study, field measurements of microclimatic conditions due to MILU developments were taken at strategic outdoor locations of concentrated residential areas during the summer months of 2006 and 2007 respectively. It considered and discussed the consequences of design-related variables of open spaces and their effects on the outdoor thermal environment under various high-rise, high-density urban settings. Discussion was made of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, which share a subtropical climate with hot temperatures, but different relative humidity, during the summer months. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
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dc.identifier.citation	International Journal Of Sustainable Development, 2011, v. 14 n. 1-2, p. 30-48 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2011.039636
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2011.039636
dc.identifier.epage	48
dc.identifier.issn	0960-1406 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.026
dc.identifier.issue	1-2
dc.identifier.scopus	eid_2-s2.0-79954556974
dc.identifier.spage	30
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10722/149389
dc.identifier.volume	14
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Inderscience Publishers. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.inderscience.com/ijsd
dc.publisher.place	United Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Sustainable Development
dc.relation.references	References in Scopus
dc.subject	Guangzhou
dc.subject	Heat Island
dc.subject	Hi
dc.subject	High-Rise High-Density
dc.subject	Hong Kong
dc.title	The study of summer-time heat island, built form and fabric in a densely built urban environment in compact Chinese cities: Hong Kong, Guangzhou
dc.type	Article

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The University of Hong Kong
Guangzhou Management Office for the Innovations of Wall Materials and Energy Efficiency of Building
Tongji University
National University of Singapore

Article: The study of summer-time heat island, built form and fabric in a densely built urban environment in compact Chinese cities: Hong Kong, Guangzhou

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