The microclimates of a suburban Colorado (USA) landscape and implications for planning and design

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 97-114

  Bonan, Gordon B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenbelts; Microclimates; Residential development

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN PLANNING;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034691718     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(00)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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