Creating the park cool island in an inner-city neighborhood: Heat mitigation strategy for Phoenix, AZ

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 617-635

  Declet Barreto, Juan ^a   Brazel, Anthony J ^a   Martin, Chris A ^b   Chow, Winston T L ^c   Harlan, Sharon L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat island; Heat wave; Microclimate simulation; Park cool island; Phoenix; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881371614     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0278-8     Document Type: Article

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