Effect of street trees on microclimate and air pollution in a tropical city

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 408-415

  Vailshery, Lionel Sujay ^a   Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ^a   Nagendra, Harini ^a  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Sustainability; Tree plantation; Urban forests; Urban heat islands

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANTATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TREE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

BANGALORE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84881552911     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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