Urban heat island and its impact on climate change resilience in a shrinking city: The case of Glasgow, UK

Building and Environment

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 137-149

  Emmanuel, Rohinton ^a   Krüger, Eduardo ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Local climate zone; Shrinking cities; Urban climate; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DATA SOURCE; GLASGOW , UK; HISTORICAL DATA; LAND COVER; LOCAL CLIMATE; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURES; SHRINKING CITIES; SHRINKING CITY; UNDERGROUND NETWORKS; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SHRINKAGE; URBAN GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE;

GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857124987     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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