Urban sprawl and climatic changes in Tehran

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Roshan, Gh R ^a   Zanganesh Shahraki, S ^a   Sauri, D ^b   Borna, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change; Metropolis; Population density; Tehran; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN POPULATION; WIND VELOCITY;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 77950924647     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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