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  The Environmental Design Pocketbook

 CHAPTER 3
 Environmental Site Planning

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© Sofie Pelsmakers - Edition 2 updates highlighted with a ' tick' symbol and new sections highlighted with a star.


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Further reading weblinks - Edition 1


• CE257, Daylighting in Urban areas: A guide for designers, Energy Saving Trust, September 2007
• Climate Change Toolkit 07, Designing for Flood Risk (RIBA)
• Eco-towns Prospectus, Department for Communities and Local Government 23 July 2007
• Erell et al. (2011), Urban Microclimate: Designing the spaces between buildings, Earthscan, London 
• Facing up to Rising Sea Levels, RIBA, ICE, 
• GLA, 2005, Adapting to climate change: a checklist for development, Guidance on designing developments in a changing climate 
• Llewellyn-Davies (2007), Urban Design Compendium, English partnerships 
• Pitt review recommendations. Learning lessons from the 2007 floods (June 2009)
• www.architecture.com/climatechange 


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Other chapter weblinks

Determine wind direction 
A Vertical Sky Component calculator

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