Urban energy landscape in practice: Architecture, infrastructure and the material culture of cooling in post-reform Chongqing, China

Kobi, Madlen

Urban energy landscape in practice: Architecture, infrastructure and the material culture of cooling in post-reform Chongqing, China - Urban Studies 2024 - 2979-2994

Until the 1990s and the spread of air-conditioning, cooling down during the hot, humid and windless summers in the city of Chongqing (Southwest China) was mainly practised outdoors: sleeping on the rooftops of multistorey buildings, playing mah-jongg in t

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Electricity
Path Dependency
Thermal Practice
Urban Climate
Built Environment