Urban green-cover and the environmental performance of Chennai city

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-119

  Meenatchi Sundaram, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air quality; GIS model; Human well being; Land cover; Runoff; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; GREENSPACE; GROUNDWATER; LAND COVER; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; RECHARGE; REMEDIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 78650619958     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9251-y     Document Type: Article

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