Vincent S. Cheng – författare

Urban Morphology, Climate, and Computing: Adapting the Built Environment to Future Climate Scenarios examines the relationship between climate science, environmental impact, and urban planning. Through detailed climate models and AI-driven parametric studies, it offers practical insights into how urban morphology interacts with climate factors, influences environmental conditions, and threatens environmental sustainability. This book addresses the risks posed by urbanization, such as the urban heat island effect, heat stress, and extreme weather events. It also provides strategies to mitigate these impacts by employing big data engineering, modelling techniques, and AI technologies.Introduces a novel urban impact framework to fully consider the changes in the physical environment brought about by urbanization, contextualizing all key urban characteristics and connecting them with urban climate impactsEmploys advanced technologies like HPC, cluster and cloud computing, and AI meteorological models for extensive climate simulations and parametric studiesEmphasizes environmental sustainability by stressing the importance of integrating environmental considerations into urban planning

Building Sustainability in East Asia: Policy, Design and People illustrates the holistic approaches and individual strategies to building sustainability that have been implemented in construction projects in Asia. Top-down and bottom-up approaches (from formulating policy to constructing individual buildings) are effective in terms of the sustainable development of cities, and this book covers both, illustrated with a range of case study developments.

This book provides best practices for decarbonizing cities in East Asia, in which buildings are the major contributor to carbon emissions. Beyond the global commitment through the Paris Agreement to make collective efforts on climate action and accelerated policies, investment and development at the country and city level to combat climate change are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Rapid urbanization and increasing energy demand for large and dense Asian cities require smart and sustainable strategies to balance development with decarbonization. A poly-centric approach is needed, where a combination of policy-, market- and technology-driven changes can aid the transition towards development of carbon neutral cities. With practical examples in the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, green financing, climate action roadmap and policy, deployment of renewable energy, and low- to zero-carbon buildings, readers can find the motivation,  considerations and implementation pathways to facilitate the transition into the new normal. It is the hope of the authors to encourage readers to see successful pathways in transitioning into a carbon-free industry and overcoming the effects of climate extremes.