Vegetation and climatic changes in a city

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Gomez, F ^a   Gaja, E ^a   Reig, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green areas; Heat island; Spain; Urban climate; Valencia

Indexed keywords

HEAT ISLAND; METHODOLOGY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031711543     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(98)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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