Urban morphology and air quality in dense residential environments in Hong Kong. Part I: District-level analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4789-4803

  Edussuriya, P ^a   Chan, A ^b   Ye, A ^c  

^a Leigh and Orange Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Real time measurements; Statistical analyses; Street district analysis; Street level air quality; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; STREET DISTRICT ANALYSIS; STREET-LEVEL AIR QUALITY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ASPECT RATIO; HOUSES; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; DISPERSION; MICROCLIMATE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; REAL TIME; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; STREET CANYON; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HONG KONG; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79960590738     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.061     Document Type: Article

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