Creating Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency Microclimatic Landscape Design shows designers how to work withnature to create climatically pleasant spaces for

Robert Brown helps us see that a "thermally comfortable microclimate" is the very foundation of well-designed and well-used outdoor places. Brown argues that as

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic cont

Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive treatment of microclimate and local climate. It describes and explains the climate within the lower atmosphere a