In this review, we discuss three major contributions economists have made to our
understanding of the relationship between the environment and individual well-being. First …

The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the
modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and science of major air
pollution issues. It begins with an introduction to the basic atmospheric chemistry and the …

Wind-driven rain (WDR) or driving rain is rain that is given a horizontal velocity component
by the wind. WDR research is of importance in a number of research areas including earth …

This article provides an overview of the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in
building performance simulation for the outdoor environment, focused on four topics:(1) …

Rainwater runoff from building facades is a complex process governed by a wide range of
urban, building, material and meteorological parameters. Given this complexity and the wide …

Accurate, precise, and valid organic and elemental carbon (OC and EC, respectively)
measurements require more effort than the routine analysis of ambient aerosol and source …

Thermal methods of various forms have been used to quantify carbonaceous materials.
Thermal/optical carbon analysis provides measurements of organic and elemental carbon …

The impact from the indoor dry deposition of size-resolved particles was investigated in the
present study. Published data from a baroque library in Prague, two medieval churches in …

In the last decades, many researchers investigated the relation between environmental
pollution and the degradation phenomena on the built heritage, because of their rapid …