TY - BOOK ID - 129344543 TI - Coping with urban climates : comparative perspectives on architecture and thermal governance AU - Roesler, Sascha AU - Kobi, Madlen AU - Stieger, Lorenzo PY - 2022 SN - 9783035624212 PB - Basel : Birkhauser, DB - UniCat KW - Architecture and climate. KW - Architecture KW - City planning KW - Urban ecological design. KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Architecture and climate KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - Sustainable architecture KW - Climatic changes KW - Architecture et climat KW - Écologie urbaine KW - Architecture durable KW - Climat KW - Changements UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:129344543 AB - While 20th century architecture learned to control the climate of a building, the architecture of the 21st century needs to learn to cope with the climate of cities. Problems such as urban heat and air pollution need to be included in planning and design. Based on empirical realities in Cairo, Chongqing, Geneva and Santiago de Chile, the book underlines that the materiality and social practices attached to room heating, compound greening, street alignment or climate policies together form the tissue for contemporary urban climates. It interweaves socio-cultural with meteorological data and pioneers the new concept of "thermal governance" by linking architectural and technological as well as legal and economic dimensions of climate control in urban environments. ER -