Effects of Evapotranspiration on Mitigation of Urban Temperature by Vegetation and Urban Agriculture

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1307-1315

  QIU, Guo yu ^a   LI, Hong yong ^a   ZHANG, Qing tao ^a   CHEN, Wan ^a   LIANG, Xiao jian ^a   LI, Xiang ze ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Temperature; Urban heat island; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881496163     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60543-2     Document Type: Review

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