Urban geometry and electrical energy consumption in a tropical city

5th Symposium on the Urban Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 215-222

  Souza, Léa C L ^a   Pedrotti, Flávia S ^a   Leme, Francesco T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMETRY; URBAN PLANNING;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SKY VIEW FACTOR (SVF); SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN GEOMETRY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 22144456081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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