Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas

by Lisa Gartland (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $145.86

  Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their surroundings. This book offers information about heat islands and their mitigation. It describes how heat islands are formed, what problems they cause, which technologies mitigate heat island effects and what policies and actions can be taken to cool communities.