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This book presents the findings of a three-year study on urban heat in Doha, Qatar, and discusses guidelines and strategies for planning agencies to consider in the context of moderating temperatures to provide pedestrians with greater access to outdoor spaces and greater choice in modes of transport. If modifying urban form can reduce extreme temperatures in one of the hottest places on the planet, then perhaps other communities can learn how to create livable cities during a time of rapid changes to the climate. In fact, despite the periods of extreme heat, strategic planning and management of urban areas can improve residents’ and visitors’ ability to live, work, and move throughout the city comfortably. Doha, Qatar, a city with one of the most extreme climates on earth, has undergone rapid development over the past 40 years. Although cities in the Middle East are expanding at three times the international average (UN Report, 2012), the rapid population and physical growth remain largely unexamined, particularly in terms of the unique conditions, qualities, and characteristics that give rise to these emerging centres. Speed, quality, and extent of urbanization impact neighbourhood-scale environmental conditions, and this book provides evidence that urban forms and materials can help to mediate temporal variation in microclimates and that landscape modifications can potentially reduce temperatures and increase accessibility to outdoor environments. By applying the lessons in this book, communities around the world can better adapt to the increasing frequency, duration and intensity of extreme heat. .

Meteorology. Climatology --- Air pollution. Air purification --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- bouwkunde --- luchtverontreiniging --- klimaatverandering

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Prepared by the Task Committee for the Design and Performance of Tall Buildings of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE Design and Performance of Tall Buildings for Wind, MOP 143, provides a framework for the design of tall buildings for wind. This MOP presents detailed guidance on industry standard practices and design approaches that complement current literature, model codes, and standards. The performance of tall buildings in wind depends on a combination of wind climate, loading effects, structural system, and damping. MOP 143 provides recommendations on setting and achieving performance objectives, including Selection of the wind loading mean recurrence interval (MRI) for serviceability; Establishment of performance objectives and acceptance criteria; Guidance on modeling building structural properties such as stiffness and damping; and Modeling of uncertainties in wind climate, wind loading, and other effects. MOP 143 will be a valuable resource for structural engineers, wind engineering consultants, architects, and other stakeholders with a vested interest in design of tall buildings.

Wind resistant design. --- Tall buildings --- Building design --- Wind engineering --- Wind loads --- High-rise buildings --- Damping --- Structural design --- Load tests --- Climates|Building design --- Concrete structures --- Structural analysis --- Structural stability --- Aerodynamics.

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Materials sciences --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- Architecture --- bouwkunde --- architectuur --- materialen (technologie) --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- bouwmaterialen --- bouw

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Production management --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- Architecture --- bouwkunde --- architectuur --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- bouw