Session 2 Human Dimensions, Urban Climate, Planning, and Biometeorology II

Monday, 10 September 2007: 3:45 PM-5:00 PM
Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Jay Golden, Arizona State Univ., The National Center of Excellence; SMART Innovations for Urban Climate + Energy, Tempe, AZ and Anthony James Brazel, Arizona State University, Department of Geography, Tempe, AZ

Papers:
3:45 PM
Paper 2.1 moved. New paper 1.8

3:45 PM
2.2
Beyond the Standards: Designer air quality in 2050
Farhan Akhtar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. E. Chang and A. G. Russell

4:00 PM
2.3
Urban climate and building design strategies for indoor comfort
Suryadevara Sachi Devi, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India; and A. V. Ramani

2.4
Suburbanization, Land Use Policy, and Heat Islands: A Case Study of the NY-NJ-CT Metropolitan Region

2.5
Regional Climate Change Induced by Land-Use Change and Implications for Air Quality in the Pearl River Delta, China

4:45 PM
2.5A
Large trees as a barrier between solar radiation and sealed surfaces: their capacity to ameliorate urban heat if planted strategically to shade pavement
Anita Walz, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; and W. H. Hwang

Presentation PDF (487.0 kB)

5:00 PM
2.6
Land use and Urban Heat Island Effect on Surface Air Temperature Change in Northeast China
Qingxiang Li, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China; and P. Si

5:15 PM
2.7
Urban design and thermal comfort: assessment of open spaces in Barra Funda, a brownfield site in São Paulo, by means of site measurements and predictive simulations
Denise Duarte, USP - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and J. Gonçalves and L. Monteiro

Presentation PDF (394.0 kB)

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