Impact of urban parks on the climatic pattern of Mendoza's metropolitan area, in Argentina

PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Correa, Erica ^a   Martínez, Claudia ^a   Lesino, Graciela ^b   De Rosa, Carlos ^a   Cantón, Alicia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Green structures; Heat urban island; Urban configuration

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; AUTOMATIC STATION; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; GREEN SPACES; HEAT URBAN ISLAND; HUMIDITY PROFILE; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATIC EFFECTS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; SUMMER SEASON; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; URBAN CONFIGURATION; URBAN FORESTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN PARKS; WATER SURFACE;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES;

TISSUE;

EID: 84865792735     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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