Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Plate 28.4
Tourist lodge set in the
forest close to the Amazon. Local
styles of construction are used to
imitate the natural environment and
disturbance is kept to a minimum, in
theory.
Photo: Peter Smithson.
KEY POINTS
1
The humid tropics cover the warmest parts of the globe where there is, on average, a
water surplus. Rain falls throughout the year associated with the equatorial trough,
though there may be a drier season when the active trough is furthest away. Seasonal
temperature variations are small and diurnal control is strongest.
2
Because of the humid conditions the soils are the product of rapid weathering and
