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Microclimatic Landscape Design shows designers how to work with nature to create climatically pleasant spaces for human activities. With remarkable clarity, it covers both the scientific background and the design techniques needed for shaping spaces that increase comfort and reduce energy consumption. This comprehensive, environmentally-sensitive guide:
* Presents the basic principles of microclimatology and explains how objects in the landscape affect climate to create microclimates
* Describes methods for modifying the key variables in a microclimate, including radiation, wind, temperature, humidity, and precipitation
* Shows how to create successful, comfortable spaces under a wide variety of climatic conditions
* Explains energy budgets and the effects of landscape on energy use in buildings
* Includes useful formulas for determining human thermal comfort, estimating solar radiation absorbed by a person, and estimating wind in a given landscape
For landscape architects, architects, contractors, and planners, Microclimatic Landscape Design is a concise, practical, and indispensable guide to improving the comfort of outdoor spaces and reducing the heating or cooling loads on buildings. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Robert D. Brown | | Paperback:
| 208 pages | | Publisher:
| Wiley | | Publication Date:
| 1995-08 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0471056677 | | Product Length:
| 9.45 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.48 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.45 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.82 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.21 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.32 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.71 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.97 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Simple, straightforward site design referenceApr 21, 2008
By BanditoJose
This book has a very simple to understand approach to teaching about site design. Although it is a textbook layout...it is a quick read, with lots of images and diagrams and great breakups of points within the chapters...just an absolutely enjoyable format with lots of interesting information. I would recommend this book for anyone who is even considering any kind of landscaping...whether it's on their own home, or on a large construction site.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Decent book trying to cater to multiple audiencesMar 03, 2008
By Nicholas Rohan
This book was an interesting read. However, I felt like the authors were torn between speaking to a scientific or a more general audience. I believe the book was written for a general audience but there were some algebraic equations in some chapters which I thought might lose some people. I personally was looking for a more scientific book on the subject and so was a little dissapointed by the water-down and sometimes repetative language.
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