1. Metabolism
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2. Geography of Cities
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Taubenböck, H., Esch, T., Felbier, A., Wiesner, M., Roth, A., & Dech, S. (2012). Monitoring urbanization in mega cities from space. Remote sensing of Environment, 117, 162-176.31–6558.
3. Biometeorology and Architecture
John, G., Clements-Croome, D., & Jeronimidis, G. (2005). Sustainable building solutions: a review of lessons from the natural world. Building and environment,40(3), 319-328.
Nichol J.F. and Humphreys M.A. 2002: Adaptive thermal comfort and sustainable thermal standards for buildings. Energy and buildings 34, 563-572.
deDear R. 2004: Thermal comfort in practice. Indoor Air 14, 32–39.
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4. Building & Transport
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Perez-Lombard L., Ortiz J. & Pout C. 2008: A review on buildings energy consumption information. Energy and Buildings 40, 394–398.
Knowles R. 2003: The solar envelope: its meaning for energy and buildings. Energy and Buildings 35, 15–25.
Steemers K. 2003: Energy and the city: density, buildings and transport. Energy and Buildings 35, 3–14.
5. Urban Effects: Atmosphere
Fenger J. 1999: Urban air quality. Atmospheric Environment 33, 4877-4900
Gurjara B.R., Butler T.M., Lawrence M.G. and Lelieveld J. 2008: Evaluation of emissions and air quality in megacities, Atmospheric Environment 42, 1593–1606.
Ng, E. 2009: Policies and technical guidelines for urban planning of high-density cities – air ventilation assessment (AVA) of Hong Kong. Building and Environment 44 (2009) 1478–1488.
Nemery B., Hoet P.H.M. and Nemmar A. 2001: The Meuse Valley fog of 1930: an air pollution disaster, Lancet 357: 704–08
6. Urban Effects: Heat Islands & Heat Waves
Fouillet A., Rey G., Laurent F., Pavillon G., Bellec S., Guihenneuc-Jouyaux C., Clavel J., Jougla E. and He´mon D. 2006: Excess mortality related to the August 2003 heat wave in France. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 80: 16–24.
Grimmond S. 2007: Urbanization and global environmental change: local effects of urban warming. Cities and global environmental change, 83-88.
Klinenberg E. 1999: Denaturalizing disaster: A social autopsy of the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Theory and Society 28, 239-295.
Pascal M., Laaidi K., Ledrans M., Baffert E., Caserio-Schönemann C., Le Tertre A., Manach J., Medina S., Rudant J, and Empereur-Bissonnet P. 2006: France’s heat health watch warning system. Int J Biometeorol 50: 144–153
7. Urban Effects: The hydrologic cycle
Barles S. 2007: Urban metabolism and river systems: an historical perspective – Paris and the Seine, 1790–1970. Hydrol. Earth System Science, 11, 1757–1769.
Mentens J., Raes D. And Hemy M. 2006: Green roofs as a tool for solving the rainwater runoff problem in the urbanized 21st century? Landscape and Urban Planning 77, 217–226
Paul M.J. and Meyer J.L. 2001: Streams in the Urban Landscape. Annual Review of Ecological Systems 32: 333–65
Shepherd, J.M. 2005: A Review of Current Investigations of Urban-Induced Rainfall and Recommendations for the Future. Earth Interactions 9, Paper No. 12.
Stone, B. 2004: Paving over paradise: how land use regulations promote residential imperviousness. Landscape and Urban Planning 69, 101–113.
8. Urban Effects: Biosphere
Ningal T, Mills G. and Smithwick P. 2010: An inventory of trees in Dublin city centre. Irish Geography 43, 161-176.
Nowak D.J. 2006: Institutionalizing urban forestry as a ‘‘biotechnology’’ to improve environmental quality. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 5, 93–100.
Skarback E. 2007: Urban forests as compensation measures for infrastructure development. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 6, 279–285.
Slabbekoorn H. and den Boer-Visser A. 2006: Cities Change the Songs of Birds. Current Biology 16, 2326–2331.
Ziska L.H., Dennis E., Gebhard D.A., Frenz M.D., Faulkner S, Singer B.D. and Straka J.G. 2003: Cities as harbingers of climate change: Common ragweed, urbanization, and public health. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 111, 290-295.
9. Climate Change
Coburn J. 209: Cities, Climate Change and Urban Heat Island Mitigation: Localising Global Environmental Science. Urban Studies 46, 413-427.
de Sherbinin et al 2007: The vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards. Envronment and Urbanisation 19, 39-64
Dodman 2009: Blaming cities for climate change: Ananalysis of greenhouse gas inventories. Environment and Urbanization 21: 185-201.
Kennedy C. et al 2009: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities, Environ. Sci. 43, 7297–7302.
McGranahan G. et al 2007: The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low elevation coastal zones. Environment and Urbanisation 19, 17–37.
The World Bank 2010: Cities and Climate Change: An urgent agenda. Published by The World Bank.
10. Sustainable Cities
Campbell S. 2007: Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities?: Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development. Journal of the American Planning Association 62, 296-312.
Chance T. 2009: Towards sustainable residential communities; the Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) and beyond. Environment and Urbanization 21, 527-544.
Haughton G. 1997: Developing sustainable urban development models. Cities 14, 189-195
Jabareen Y.R. 2006: Sustainable Urban Forms: Their Typologies, Models, and Concepts. Journal of Planning Education and Research 26, 38-52
Nader S. 2009: Paths to a low-carbon economy – the Masdar example. Energy Procedia 3951-3958.