Impact of urban block configuration and direction on urban temperature increase in hot, humid regions / Lin Yola and Ho Chin Siong

• Main Authors: Yola, Lin, Ho, Chin Siong
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Atmospheric temperature; Climate change; Climatology and weather; Global warming
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33035/1/33035.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33035/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Urban temperature increase contributes significant effect to global warming. This phenomenon has been addressed as the real impact of rapid development which occurs in the urban area, which causes urban heat islands (UHIs). One of the influencing factors is building typology that forms urban block c...