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Technologies in Urban Design Practice: Integrating Environmental Design Considerations

Technologies in Urban Design Practice: Integrating Environmental Design Considerations

Yan Zhu, Tim Heath
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781613504536|ISBN10: 1613504535|EISBN13: 9781613504543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-453-6.ch008
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Zhu, Yan, and Tim Heath. "Technologies in Urban Design Practice: Integrating Environmental Design Considerations." Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities, edited by Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 133-152. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-453-6.ch008

APA

Zhu, Y. & Heath, T. (2012). Technologies in Urban Design Practice: Integrating Environmental Design Considerations. In O. Ercoskun (Ed.), Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities (pp. 133-152). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-453-6.ch008

Chicago

Zhu, Yan, and Tim Heath. "Technologies in Urban Design Practice: Integrating Environmental Design Considerations." In Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities, edited by Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun, 133-152. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-453-6.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter argues that urban sustainability needs to consider the user’s engagement, and in particular, the influence of physical urban environmental conditions. Environmental performance such as outdoor thermal comfort is a crucial factor that influences people’s use of the urban environment, and it should, therefore, be fully integrated into the urban design process. As such, available and affordable computational tools, such as EcoTect and CFD simulation, can enable designers to deliver more successful physical urban environments. Through live project case studies, this chapter will demonstrate that using such computational tools can help mainstream urban designers, architects, and landscape designers to improve and adjust physical urban environmental conditions and therefore encourage outdoor activities that can deliver more sustainable urban places.

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