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1 High-Density Planning and Challenges |
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1.1 Current Urban Developmen |
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1.1.2 Suburbanization (Urban Sprawl) |
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1.1.3 Negative Effects of Current Urban Development on Urban Climate |
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1.2 High-Density Urban Planning |
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1.2.1 Strengths of High-Density Urban Planning |
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1.2.2 Limitations of High-Density Urban Planning |
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1.3 Objectives and Organization of the Book |
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Part I Urban Scale Wind Environment |
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2 Empirical Morphological Model to Evaluate Urban Wind Permeability in High-Density Cities |
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2.1.2 Objectives and Needs of This Study |
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2.2.1 Roughness Characteristics |
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2.2.2 Calculation of Frontal Area Index and Frontal Area Density |
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2.3 Development of New Layer-Based |
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2.3.1 Height of the Podium and Urban Canopy Layer |
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2.3.2 Wind Availability in Hong Kong (MM5/CALMET System) |
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2.3.3 Calculation of in Grids with Uniform Size |
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2.3.4 Grid Sensitivity (Resolution) |
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2.4 Development of Empirical Model |
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2.5 Implementation in Urban Planning |
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2.5.1 Mapping Urban Wind Permeability Using lfiz) |
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2.5.2 Ground Coverage Ratio and Frontal Area Density |
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2.5.3 Mapping Urban Wind Permeability Using GCR |
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38 | (5) |
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3 Implementation of Morphological Method in Urban Planning |
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3.3.1 Morphological Method |
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3.4.1 Classification of λf(z) |
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3.4.2 Height Increment "z" |
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3.4.3 Local Prevailing Wind Probability Pθ |
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3.6 Implementation in Urban Planning |
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3.6.1 Planning Goals and Mitigation Strategies for Hankou |
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3.6.2 Planning Goals and Mitigation Strategies for Wuchang and Hanyang |
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Part II Neighborhood Scale Wind Environment |
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4 Semiempirical Model for Fine-Scale Assessment of Pedestrian-Level Wind in High-Density Cities |
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4.3 Development of a Morphological Model |
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4.3.1 Relating λf to the Pedestrian-Level Wind Speed at High-Density Areas |
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4.3.2 Adjustment of λf to the Fine-Scale Wind Estimation |
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4.4 Development of Regression Model |
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4.4.1 Regression Analysis for High-Density Urban Areas |
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4.4.2 Regression Analysis for Low-Density Urban Areas |
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4.5 Mapping Pedestrian-Level Wind Environment |
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Part III Building Scale Wind Environment |
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5 Building Porosity for Better Urban Ventilation in High-Density Cities |
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5.2.1 Outline of CFD Numerical Methods for Neutral Turbulence Flows |
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5.4 Computational Parametric Study |
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5.4.2 Computational Modeling |
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5.5 Modeling Results and Analysis |
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5.5.1 Wind Speed Classification |
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5.5.2 Impact of Input Wind Directions |
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5.5.3 Impact of Building Typologies |
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5.5.4 Comparison of the Vertical Wind Profiles |
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6 Natural Ventilation Modeling and Analysis for Climate-Sensitive Architecture Design |
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6.2 A Hong Kong Case Study |
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6.3.1 Boundary Condition Settings |
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6.3.2 Modeling Settings--Domain Size |
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6.3.3 Modeling Settings--Grid Resolution |
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6.3.4 Modeling Settings--Convergence Criteria |
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6.4 Modeling Result Analysis |
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Part IV Others--Urban Air Quality and Trees |
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7 Improving Air Quality by Understanding the Relationship Between Air Pollutant Dispersion and Building Morphologies |
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7.2.1 Eulerian Method for Species Transport Modeling |
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7.2.2 Optimal Turbulence Model (Validation) |
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7.3.1 Modeling Settings in the Parametric Study |
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126 | (6) |
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7.4.1 Cross-Comparison Based on Normalized Concentration Contours |
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7.4.2 Statistical Analysis |
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7.7 Implementation in Urban Design |
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137 | (4) |
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8 A Semi-Empirical Model for Urban Trees Effects on the Wind Environment |
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141 | (4) |
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8.2 Development of Modeling Method |
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8.2.1 Balance Between Momentum Flux and Drag Force |
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8.2.2 Parametrization of Friction Velocity (u*) |
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8.2.3 Parametrization of Tree Population |
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150 | (5) |
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8.4 Discussion and Implementation |
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8.5 Conclusion and Future Work |
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Index |
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