Mitigation of the urban heat island of the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1602-1613

  Elsayed, Ilham S M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

City of Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia; Mitigation; Strategies; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868622933     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2012.11.11.1590     Document Type: Article

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