Impacts of land use and topography on the cooling effect of green areas on surrounding urban areas

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-434

  Hamada, Shuko ^a   Tanaka, Takafumi ^a   Ohta, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooling effect; Remote sensing; Surface temperature; Urban green area

Indexed keywords

ASTER; COOLING; GREENSPACE; LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGOYA;

EID: 84888022512     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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