Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Search Protocol and Structure of the Review
1.2. Urban Obstacles in Street Canyons
2. Porous Obstacles
2.1. Hedgerows
2.2. Trees
2.3. Green Walls
3. Non-Porous Obstacles—Urban Planner Scope
3.1. Parked Cars
3.2. Noise Barriers (NB)
3.3. Low Boundary Wall (LBW)
3.4. Viaduct Structures
4. Non-Porous Obstacles—Building Policy Guidelines
4.1. Wind Catchers
4.2. Lift-Up Buildings and Building Permeability
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Buccolieri, R.; Carlo, O.S.; Rivas, E.; Santiago, J.L. Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2021, 8, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2021-10350
Buccolieri R, Carlo OS, Rivas E, Santiago JL. Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2021; 8(1):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2021-10350
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuccolieri, Riccardo, Oliver Savio Carlo, Esther Rivas, and Jose Luis Santiago. 2021. "Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 8, no. 1: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2021-10350
APA StyleBuccolieri, R., Carlo, O. S., Rivas, E., & Santiago, J. L. (2021). Urban Obstacles Influence on Street Canyon Ventilation: A Brief Review. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 8(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2021-10350