Environmental study of the impact of greenery in an institutional campus in the tropics

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2949-2970

  Wong, N H ^a   Kardinal Jusuf, Steve ^a   Aung La Win, Aung ^a   Kyaw Thu, Htun ^a   Syatia Negara, To ^a   Xuchao, Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Campus area; Computer simulation; Effect of greenery; Field measurement; Satellite images; Thermal satellite images

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; GREENERY EFFECT; ROOFTOP GARDEN; URBAN ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

EID: 33947545886     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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