How can urban water bodies be designed for climate adaptation?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Sun, Ranhao ^a   Chen, Liding ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature; Landscape design; Microclimate; Urban cooling island; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; LSI CIRCUITS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LANDSCAPE DESIGN; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; URBAN COOLING ISLANDS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN WATER BODIES;

URBAN GROWTH;

CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; GEOMETRY; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION GROWTH; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84857444123     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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