Springer Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation: Hot and Humid Regions (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements)

Product Description This book discusses the concepts and technologies associated with the mitigation of urban heat islands (UHIs) that are applicable in hot and humid regions. It presents several city case studies on how UHIs can be reduced in various areas to provide readers, researchers, and policymakers with insights into the concepts and technologies that should be considered when planning and constructing urban centres and buildings. The rapid development of urban areas in hot and humid regions has led to an increase in urban temperatures, a decrease in ventilation in buildings, and a transformation of the once green outdoor environment into areas full of solar-energy-absorbing concrete and asphalt. This situation has increased the discomfort of people living in these areas regardless of whether they occupy concrete structures. This is because indoor and outdoor air quality have both suffered from urbanisation. The development of urban areas has also increased energy consumption so that the occupants of buildings can enjoy indoor thermal comfort and air quality that they need via air conditioning systems. This book offers solutions to the recent increase in the number of heat islands in hot and humid regions. From the Back Cover This book discusses the concepts and technologies associated with the mitigation of urban heat islands (UHIs) that are applicable in hot and humid regions. It presents several city case studies on how UHIs can be reduced in various areas to provide readers, researchers, and policymakers with insights into the concepts and technologies that should be considered when planning and constructing urban centres and buildings. The rapid development of urban areas in hot and humid regions has led to an increase in urban temperatures, a decrease in ventilation in buildings, and a transformation of the once green outdoor environment into areas full of solar-energy-absorbing concrete and asphalt. This situation has increased the discomfort of people living in these areas regardless of whether they occupy concrete structures. This is because indoor and outdoor air quality have both suffered from urbanisation. The development of urban areas has also increased energy consumption so that the occupants of buildings can enjoy indoor thermal comfort and air quality that they need via air conditioning systems. This book offers solutions to the recent increase in the number of heat islands in hot and humid regions. About the Author Napoleon Enteria is a professor of mechanical engineering at Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines. He has worked as research specialist at Building Research Institute, a research staff member at Tohoku University for industry-government-academe collaboration, a scientist at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore of the National University of Singapore, and a global center of excellence researcher at the Wind Engineering Research Center of the Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan. He founded the Enteria Grün Energietechnik, a research and technology consulting for tropical climate. He has participated in collaborative projects with research institutes, universities, and companies across several countries. He is an associate editor with some of the international journals. He also serves as guest editor of some of the important special research issues. Matteos Santamouris is a scientia professor and professor of high-performance architecture at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is also a professor at the University of Athens, Greece and a visiting professor at the Cyprus Institute, the Metropolitan University of London Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunel University, and the National University of Singapore. He has served as the director of the Laboratory of Building Energy Research at the University of Athens and is a former President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy S