The cooling effect of green spaces as a contribution to the mitigation of urban heat: A case study in Lisbon

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2186-2194

  Oliveira, Sandra ^a   Andrade, Henrique ^a   Vaz, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Global warming; Green areas; Mitigation; Park cool island; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; COOLING EFFECTS; GREEN AREAS; GREEN SPACES; HEAT WAVES; LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS; LOW WIND SPEED; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MITIGATION; SOLAR EXPOSURE; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN FEATURES; URBAN GEOMETRY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBANISED AREAS; WEATHER PARAMETERS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED RADIATION;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; GARDEN; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; INFRARED RADIATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79960018113     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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