Tabla de Contenidos: “…Analysis of a New Index for the Thermal Performance of Horizontal Opaque Building Components in Summer 1 -- Effect of Urban Heat Island and Global Warming Countermeasures on Heat Release and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from a Detached House 17 -- Temperature of Paved Streets in Urban Mockups and Its Implication of Reflective Cool Pavements 39 -- Untangling Urban Sprawl and Climate Change: A Review of the Literature on Physical Planning and Transportation Drivers 51 -- Urban Resilience of Shenzhen City under Climate Change 71 -- Effects of Densification on Urban Microclimate-A Case Study for the City of Vienna 93 -- Impact of Urbanization on Sunshine Duration from 1987 to 2016 in Hangzhou City, China 117 -- Experimental Determination of Pedestrian Thermal Comfort on Water-Retaining Pavement for UHI Adaptation Strategy -- 131 -- Mobile Observation of Air Temperature and Humidity Distributions under Summer Sea Breezes in the Central Area of Osaka City 149 -- Indicators Framework for Sustainable Urban Design 165 -- Concentrations of Four Major Air Pollutants among Ecological Functional Zones in Shenyang, Northeast China 183 -- Local Climate Zone Classification Scheme Can Also Indicate Local-Scale Urban Ventilation Performance: An Evidence-Based Study 199 -- Study on the Accelerated Aging Test Method in the Development of a Self-Cleaning Topcoat for Cool Roofs 219.…”

“…What if it were just you and your Macintosh stranded on a desert island? Would you have the tools and skills necessary to design your way out of the situation—to create a flyer to stick in bottles, a Web site to alert people to your situation, a movie to document your adventure? …”

“…The Case of Hospitaller Rhodes (ca. 1309-1522) Sofia Zoitou offers a study of the history of relic collections, devotional rituals and sites invested with special meaning in Rhodes, during a time when the island became one of the most frequented ports of call for ships carrying pilgrims from Venice to the Holy Land. …”

“…Taking a postcolonial, ecocritical approach to confronting ecological ruin in an age of ecological crises and environmental catastrophes on a global scale, the collection demonstrates how Asian North American, Asian diasporic, and Indigenous Pacific Island cultural expressions critique a de-historicized sense of place, attachment, and belonging. …”