Session 2B Modification of the Built Environment

Monday, 29 September 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Salon III (Embassy Suites Cleveland - Rockside)
Host: 20th International Congress of Biometeorology
Chair:
Pravin Bhiwapurkar, University, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Papers:
10:30 AM
2B.1
Neighborhood walkability, behavior and health and possible implications toward improving the urban environment
Jose Szapocznik, University of Miami, Miami, FL

11:15 AM
2B.2
A socio-spatial vulnerability model of the Urban Heat Island: exposure, sensitivity and health impacts of high temperatures
Juan Declet-Barreto, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; and S. L. Harlan, D. B. Petitti, and B. L. Ruddell

11:30 AM
2B.3
A ‘GREEN SOL-AIR' TEMPERATURE TO ESTIMATE THE RADIATION EFFECT OF GROUND COVER VEGETATION ON PEDESTRIAN THERMAL COMFORT IN HOT CLIMATES
Evyatar Erell, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; and T. Williamson

11:45 AM
2B.4
Aging Buildings and Aging Communities: How to Adapt to the Changing Climate?
Pravin Bhiwapurkar, University, Kent, OH

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