The micro-climate of a mixed urban parkland environment

WSUD 2012 - 7th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Building the Water Sensitive Community, Final Program and Abstract Book

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nice, K A ^a   Isaac, P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENVI met; Micro climate; Modelling; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862022051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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