Abstract
The attractiveness of a city is a matter of human perceptions, and the desert city has historically faced an image problem. The very word desert conjures up images of an inhospitable wilderness — hot, dry and dusty. By extension, the physical barrenness of the desert is often applied to urban culture, as a scarcity of life is translated to mean a scarcity of everything from grassy parks to good jobs
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Desert Regions |
Subtitle of host publication | Population, Migration and Environment |
Editors | Boris A. Portnov, A. Paul Hare |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 279-289 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783642601712 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783642642883 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
Keywords
- Thermal Comfort
- Street Canyon
- Arid Zone
- Urban Canopy
- Energy Balance Model