Download or read book Heat Islands written by Lisa Gartland and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An excellent scientific book and a very useful source of knowledge. The author has succeeded in describing in a very comprehensive way all the recent scientific developments in this very important subject. The reader will be fully informed on the causes of heat islands the scientific ways to document them and also on all major mitigation techniques. This is a valuable reference not only for climatologists and climate experts but also for building engineers architects building physicists researchers and university students.' Mat Santamouris Associate Professor at the University of Athens Greec.