A simple method for designation of urban ventilation corridors and its application to urban heat island analysis

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1880-1889

  Wong, Man Sing ^a   Nichol, Janet E ^a   To, Pui Hang ^a   Wang, Jingzhi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Frontal area index; Geographic information systems; Remote sensing; Urban heat island; Ventilation path

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FRONTAL AREA INDEX; FRONTAL AREAS; GRID CELLS; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH DENSITY; HONG-KONG; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KEY PARAMETERS; LARGE BUILDINGS; LEAST-COST PATH ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; SIMPLE METHOD; STUDY AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL POLLUTION;

VENTILATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; HEAT ISLAND; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN CLIMATE; VENTILATION; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 77950858369     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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