A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulation

Advances in urban climate modeling.

Cities interact with the atmosphere over a wide range of scales from the large-scale processes, which have a direct impact on global climate change, to smaller scales, ranging from the conurbation itself to individual buildings. The review presented in this paper analyzes some of the ways in which cities influence atmospheric thermodynamics and airborne pollutant transport. We present the main ...

Travelling Simplifications and Urban Political Ecologies

There is an increasing ascendency and importance placed on 'ecological thinking' when reflecting on cities. Last year the Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO, 2012) was launched, promising a " global assessment of the links between urbanization, biodiversity, and ecosystem services " with a foreword by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon commending the study to " all who have a stake in creating ...

the effectiveness of strategy-based instruction in teaching english as a second or foreign language: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

Research Priorities in Observing and Modeling Urban Weather and Climate