The application of urban climatic mapping to the urban planning of high-density cities: The case of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cities

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Ren, Chao ^a   Lau, Ka Lun ^a   Yiu, Kam Po ^b   Ng, Edward ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Ronald Lu and Partners (Hong Kong) Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climatope; High density city; Sustainable urban planning; Urban climatic application; Urban climatic map (UCMap)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875228629     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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