TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
AU - Cheshmehzangi, Ali
AU - Butters, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - With rising affluence and rapid urbanisation, the energy and climatic, as well as, health impacts of cities are of increasing importance. Much of this intensive urban growth is in the hot climate developing countries, not least in Asia. The quest for ‘sustainable’ cities has led to innovative and successful solutions that offer better living quality along with greatly reduced environmental impacts. Due partly to a lack of resources, less has to date been done in developing countries and hot climates. The largest energy and climatic challenge in these cities is that of cooling.
AB - With rising affluence and rapid urbanisation, the energy and climatic, as well as, health impacts of cities are of increasing importance. Much of this intensive urban growth is in the hot climate developing countries, not least in Asia. The quest for ‘sustainable’ cities has led to innovative and successful solutions that offer better living quality along with greatly reduced environmental impacts. Due partly to a lack of resources, less has to date been done in developing countries and hot climates. The largest energy and climatic challenge in these cities is that of cooling.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85144671930&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-10-6638-2_1
DO - 10.1007/978-981-10-6638-2_1
M3 - Book Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85144671930
T3 - Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
SP - 1
EP - 4
BT - Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
PB - Springer
ER -
