Daytime urban heat island effect in high-rise and high-density residential developments in Hong Kong

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-534

  Giridharan, R ^a   Ganesan, S ^a   Lau, S S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Close structure; Daytime urban heat island effect (UHI); Design variables; Hong Kong; Open structure; Residential development

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IMPACT RESISTANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION;

CLOSE STRUCTURE; DAYTIME URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT (UHI); DESIGN VARIABLES; HONG KONG, CHINA; OPEN STRUCTURE; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 2342448443     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.12.016     Document Type: Article

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