A comparison of the shading effectiveness of five different street tree species in Manchester, UK

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 157-164

  Armson, David ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Asrafur ^a   Ennos, Anthony Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Human thermal comfort; Manchester; Mean radiant temperature; Surface temperature; Tree shade; United Kingdom; Urban heat

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; SHADING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN FORESTRY;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [MANCHESTER (DST)]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880102929     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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