Thermal comfort for urban parks in subtropics: Understanding visitor's perceptions, behavior and attendance

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lin, Chuang Hung ^a   Lin, Tzu Ping ^b   Hwang, Ruey Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84884870398     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/640473     Document Type: Article

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