From the 'urban heat island' to the 'green island'? A preliminary investigation into the potential of retrofitting green roofs in Mongkok district of Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-35

  Wong, Johnny Kwok Wai ^a   Lau, Leo Siu Kit ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Green roof retrofit; Hong Kong; Overshadowing; Simulation; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOF; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84870366800     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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