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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Urban Boundary"”.
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Articulating the urban boundary : integrating Bogota with Los Cerros Orientales
… the materials to build the city and dictated its urban form. Because of their symbolism and visual prominence preservation policies have been implemented to protect them from urbanization. Starting in 1977 the government instituted an urban growth boundary to prevent urbanization in Los Cerros. …
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Measurement of simultaneous fluctuating loads at multiple levels on a model of a tall building in a simulated urban boundary layer
… is presented in three parts which deal with the boundary layer simulation, the measurement technique using multiple transducers and the results of several model tests. A turbulent shear layer similar to that found in the atmospheric boundary layer under strong wind conditions was generated in a …
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Predicting velocities and turbulent exchange in isolated street canyons and at a neighborhood scale
Urban planners need a fast, simple model to assess the impact of early design phase iterations of neighborhood layout on the microclimate. Specifically, this model should be able to predict the expected urban heat island intensity and the locations in neighborhood layouts that are prone to …
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Recommendations for the analysis and design of naturally ventilated buildings in urban areas
… affected by the complexities introduced by the urban environment. To this end, we have derived in detail the physical principles of wind- and buoyancy-driven natural ventilation for a standard apartment geometry, documented and analyzed the existing data on wind pressure coefficients in terms of …
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Understanding the relationship between urban areas and the boundary layer using remote sensing methods
<p>The atmospheric boundary layer is crucial to the exchange in energy between the Earth's surface and the atmosphere. Within this layer, the majority of human activities are carried out, which makes understanding the boundary layer especially important for many of our interests. A key component of …
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On the Improvements of Boundary-Layer Representation for High Resolution Weather Forecasting in Costal-Urban Environments
<p>As large urban centers around the world become more densely populated, the global conversion from natural to man-made land surfaces will only increase. These land-use changes affect the urban surface energy budget which in turn changes the structure of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) above. …
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Quantifying exchange processes in the urban canopy layers of dense neighborhoods
There is a global trend towards urbanization, particularly in developing regions that are home to new and rapidly growing cities. In the center of large, dense urban areas, weak exchange between the urban canopy layer (UCL) and the urban boundary layer (UBL) above it results in insufficient removal …
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Embodiment - Architecture, Body and Mind (Inhabiting Urban Markers)
… markers were placed to manifest the invisible boundary. For the sites, I am using the four Corner-Stone locations of this boundary. By using such modest monuments as locations for my sites, I am hoping to extend public awareness of the historical importance of these markers that has been lost …