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A preliminary study on environmental performances of pocket parks in high-rise and high-density urban context in Hong Kong

Author(s) -

Stephen Siuyu Lau,

Pingying Lin,

Hao Qin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of low-carbon technologies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 1748-1325

pISSN - 1748-1317

DOI - 10.1093/ijlct/cts033

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , shading , geography , urban park , environmental science , urban heat island , meteorology , evapotranspiration , physical geography , environmental planning , ecology , archaeology , computer science , computer graphics (images) , biology

This article reports the results of an empirical study on summertime environmental performances of a pocket park in Hong Kong. The results suggest that (i) wind condition has a critical impact on outdoor air temperature (Ta), especially in a tropical area like Hong Kong and (ii) building geometry is significantly related to outdoor Ta in Hong Kong. The shading effect from buildings may be more important than shading and evapotranspiration effect of greenery in the unique urban context of Hong Kong. © The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.link_to_OA_fulltextThe 2nd International Symposium on Low Carbon Buildings (ISLCB), University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, 29-30 October 2011. In International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 2012, v. 7 n. 3, p. 215-22

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