Refreshing the role of open water surfaces on mitigating the maximum urban heat island effect

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-96

  Steeneveld, G J ^a   Koopmans, S ^a   Heusinkveld, B G ^a   Theeuwes, N E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mitigation; Urban design; Urban heat island; Urban planning; Water body

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL POLLUTION;

HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; MITIGATION; OPEN WATER SURFACE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS; WATERBODIES; WEATHER OBSERVATIONS;

URBAN PLANNING;

EPISODIC EVENT; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE PLANNING; MITIGATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84888028619     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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