Urban river microclimates

PLEA 2011 - Architecture and Sustainable Development, Conference Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 183-187

  Hathway, Abigail ^a   Sharples, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

River corridors; Urban heat island; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HARD MATERIAL; HUMAN HEALTH; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MICROCLIMATE DATA; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; RADIATIVE ENERGY; RIVER CORRIDOR; SHEFFIELD; SUMMER MONTHS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN FORM; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; URBAN RIVER; WIDTH RATIO;

ARCHITECTURE; OZONE; PLANNING; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864141241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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