The impact of vegetation types on air and surface temperatures in a temperate city: A fine scale assessment in Manchester, UK

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 129-140

  Skelhorn, Cynthia ^a   Lindley, Sarah ^a   Levermore, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Commercial; Microclimate modelling; Numerical modelling; Suburban; Urban greenspace

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COMMERCIAL; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SUBURBAN; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN GREENSPACE; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GREENSPACE; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ENGLAND; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888034762     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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