SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2003.055 2003.055 Modeling airflow in an urban landscape LiWei w.li@hw.ac.uk WangFan BellSimon The School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Department of Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK 24102003 2 1 978-1-995850-10-8 247 251 © 2003 Copyright WSSET 2003

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