The possibilities of decreasing the urban heat Island

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-183

  Olah A B ^a  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Urban climate; Urban green system; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861872889     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1002_173183     Document Type: Article

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