Assessment of impact of land cover changes on urban bioclimate: The case of colombo, sri lanka

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Emmanuel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Influence of land cover; Thermal comfort; Tropical cities; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038177881     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2003.9696978     Document Type: Article

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