Effects of vegetation status in urban green spaces on particles removal in a canyon street atmosphere

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4590-4595

  Yin, Shan ^a   Cai, Jing Ping ^b   Chen, Li Ping ^b   Shen, Zhe Min ^a   Zou, Xiao Dong ^a   Wu, Dan ^a   Wang, Wen Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Garden and Greening Department of Pudong District   (China)

Author keywords

Canopy density; Green spaces; Removal effects; Shelterbelt porosity; Total Suspended Particles (TSP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954378266     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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