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Architecture Landscape

Design with Microclimate

The Secret to Comfortable Outdoor Space

by (author) Robert D. Brown

Publisher
Island Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2010
Category
Landscape, Urban & Land Use Planning
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781597267397
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $75.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781597267403
    Publish Date
    Sep 2010
    List Price
    $49.95

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Robert Brown helps us see that a "thermally comfortable microclimate" is the very foundation of well-designed and well-used outdoor places. Brown argues that as we try to minimize human-induced changes to the climate and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels—as some areas become warmer, some cooler, some wetter, and some drier, and all become more expensive to regulate—good microclimate design will become increasingly important. In the future, according to Brown, all designers will need to understand climatic issues and be able to respond to their challenges.

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Contributor Notes

Robert D. Brown is Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Guelph, Canada. He is the senior author of Microclimatic Landscape Design and author of Landscape Assessment for Planning and Design.