Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of Hong Kong

Increasing urban populations, scarcity of urban land, depletion in resources and severe impact of urban development on sustainability are critical contemporary issues. Such issues have vast implications on the desirability of compact, high-rise high-dense built forms. Yet, the environmental quality...

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Autor principal: Lau, Stephen S.Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121554/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9738-5_3
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description Increasing urban populations, scarcity of urban land, depletion in resources and severe impact of urban development on sustainability are critical contemporary issues. Such issues have vast implications on the desirability of compact, high-rise high-dense built forms. Yet, the environmental quality and social acceptance of these forms remain barely studied. This chapter reviews some of the critical environmental implications posed by the closely packed high-rise building and high urban densities.
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spelling pubmed-71215542020-04-06 Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of Hong Kong Lau, Stephen S.Y. High-Rise Living in Asian Cities Article Increasing urban populations, scarcity of urban land, depletion in resources and severe impact of urban development on sustainability are critical contemporary issues. Such issues have vast implications on the desirability of compact, high-rise high-dense built forms. Yet, the environmental quality and social acceptance of these forms remain barely studied. This chapter reviews some of the critical environmental implications posed by the closely packed high-rise building and high urban densities. 2010-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7121554/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9738-5_3 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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