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urban street canyon: a standalone construct

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urban streetcanyon1 CONSTRUCTUrban street canyonOKE · BUILDING PHYSICS

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street bounded by buildings whose height to width ratio controls trapping of radiation, airflow and the urban canopy layer climate.

In building physics, urban street canyon refers to street bounded by buildings whose height to width ratio controls trapping of radiation, airflow and the urban canopy layer climate. This meaning comes from Oke (1988) in Energy and Buildings.[1]

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  1. Oke, T. R. (1988). Street design and urban canopy layer climate. Energy and Buildings, 11(1-3), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-7788(88)90026-6

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