Urban Desing

This book is based largely on the information provided at a Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate community workshop. The book describes the needs for end user communities, focusing in particular on needs that are not being met by current urban-level forecasting and monitoring. It also describes current and emerging meteorological forecasting and monitoring capabilities that have had and will likely have the most impact on urban areas, some of which are not being utilized by the relevant end user communities.

This book gives an interdisciplinary overview on urban ecology. The book investigates specific consequences for the environment, nature and the quality of life for city dwellers due to profound changes such as climate change and the demographic and economic developments associated with the phenomena of shrinking cities.

This volume is dedicated to regional planning and will be useful for those who work in this area on a practical or academic basis and follow the innovations in the profession.