I have had a look around and there are not many books specifically about microclimates, especially about urban and suburban microclimates and what can be done to develop them. There are, however, books that mention microclimates as part of the topic about which the books were written, quite often with a permaculture cast. Some of these books, in my library, are mentioned below.
Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally – Robert Kourik – Permanent Publications (UK) 1986 ISBN 1 85623 026 0 – Great section on gathering data about your microclimate (pp 23-28); choosing best microclimate for fruit trees in US (pp 141-144); impact of house on microclimates (pp 83-84).
Practical Permaculture – Jessi Bloom & Dave Boehnlein – Timber Press (US) 2015 ISBN 978 1 60469 443 7 – Discussion of the aspects of microclimates (pp 40-42); mention of microclimates within herb spiral (p 57); considering microclimates when siting permaculture design elements (p 99); windbreaks and microclimates (p 207).
Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture – Rosemary Morrow – Kangaroo Press (AUS) 2006 ISBN 978 0 7318 1271 4 – Chapter 5, In depth discussion of microclimate and climate including microclimate characteristics and impact of topography, soils, water bodies, vegetation and structures on microclimates (pp 48-57).
The Permaculture Handbook – Peter Bane – New Society Publishers (CAN) 2012 ISBN 978 0 86571 666 7 – definition of microclimate (p 145); analysing microclimates (pp 136 – 138); microclimates and edge effects (pp 145 – 146); impact of bodies of water on microclimate (p 146).
You Can Have Your Permaculture and Eat It too – Robin Clayfield (self-published in AUS) 2013 ISBN 978 0 99230 181 1 – Herb Spiral and microclimates (p 19); solar arcs, swales. Terracing, net and pan, small ponds and paddies (pp 52-53); definition (p 252).
Permaculture One – Bill Mollison & David Holmgren – Corgi Books (UK) 1978 ISBN 978 0 55298 0 609 – Microclimate as part of site planning including topography, soils, vegetation, water masses and manmade structures (pp 37-49); Planning with microclimates (pp 49 - 52).
Permaculture Two – Bill Mollison – Tagari Publications (AUS) 1979 ISBN 978 0 908228 003 – creation of small climates (p 89).
Introduction to Permaculture – Bill Mollison with Reny Mia Slay – Tagari Publications (AUS) 1991 ISBN 978 0 908228 08 09 – Broadscale site design: climate and microclimate including topography, water masses, structures, soils and vegetation (pp 36-50).
Smart Permaculture Design – Jenny Allen – New Holland Publishers (AUS) 2002 ISBN 978 1 74110 305 3 – Frost and the microclimate (p 83); Creating beneficial microclimates including maximising winter sun, minimising summer sun, designing effective windbreaks (pp 94-99).
The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Permaculture – Christopher Shein with Julie Thompson – Timber Press (US) 2013 ISBN 978 1 60469 270 9 – Permaculture in hot climates and permaculture in cold winter climates (pp 58 – 61).
Edible Garden Design – Jamie Durie – Penguin Group (AUS) 2013 ISBN 978 1 92138 308 3 – Microclimate in the backyard (p 20); light and the microclimate (p 34).
Weather-wise Gardening – Leavitt Dudley – Ortho Books (US) 1974 (no ISBN) – Identifying and modifying your climate/microclimate (pp 31-40); assessing your microclimate (p 41); harnessing the wind (pp 42-44); frost (p 45); Water in the garden (pp 46, 47); indoor growing microclimate (pp 53-62); microclimates and multiple housing (pp 62&63); confined microclimates – cold & hot frames, greenhouses (pp 65-71).
The Permaculture City – Toby Hemenway – Chelsea Green Publishing (US) 2015 ISBN 978 1 60358 527 9 – microclimate as small garden design quality (p 54); Managing your microclimates (pp 65-67); creating and enhancing your yards’ microclimates (pp 68-71); How to enhance indoor climate via outdoor microclimate management (p168); a review of energy strategies - create microclimates (p 175).
Gaia’s Garden (2nd Ed.) – Toby Hemenway – Chelsea Green Publishing (US) 2009 ISBN 978 1 60358 029 8 – The herb spiral and microclimates (p 44); Suntrap and microclimate (p 137); Microclimates for the garden (pp 143-146); saving time with microclimates, creating cool and warm microclimates (pp 246-249); siting initial gardens using microclimates (p 269).
Food Not Lawns – H. C. Flores – Chelsea Green Publishing (US) 2006 ISBN – Make microclimates work for you (pp 37 & 38); water and microclimates (p 63).
RetroSuburbia – David Holmgren – Melliodora (AUS) 2018 ISBN 978 0 9943928 7 9 - Sun movements and microclimates (p 75); mushrooms and microclimate (p 289); microclimate and bio-intensive market gardens (p 337).
Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture – Chelsea Green Publishing (US) 2004 ISBN 978 1 60358 370 1 – Aspect and climate/microclimate (pp 11 & 12); microclimates and Permaculture (pp 21-24); microclimates and ponds (pp 46 & 47); microclimates in town gardens (pp 189 – 192, 196).
Waterwise House and Garden – Alan Windust – Landlinks Press (AUS) 2003 ISBN 0 643 06800 7 – Site assessment, identifying microclimates (pp 85-89).
Costa’s World- Costa Georgiadis – ABC Books (AUS) 2021 ISBN 978 0 7333 3999 8 – Climate and microclimate, identifying microclimates (pp 30-33).
Four Season Harvest – Eliot Coleman – Chelsea Green Publishing (US) 1992 ISBN 978 0 930031 57 1 – Microclimates and cold frames (pp 66, 99); garden microclimates (pp 34, 35); of a root cellar (p 110).
