Using watered landscapes to manipulate urban heat island effects: How much water will it take to cool phoenix?

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-121

  Gober, Patricia ^a   Brazel, Anthony ^a   Quay, Ray ^b   Myint, Soe ^a   Grossman Clarke, Susanne ^a   Miller, Adam ^c   Rossi, Steve ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAICP   (United States)

^c Phoenix Water Services Department   (United States)

Author keywords

LUMPS model; Scenarios; Urban heat island (UHI); Urban heat island mitigation; Water resource planning

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY STRATEGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THRESHOLD; TRADE-OFF; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749103019     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360903433113     Document Type: Article

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