On the thermal characteristics and the mitigation potential of a medium size urban park in Athens, Greece

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-86

  Skoulika, Fotini ^a   Santamouris, Mattheos ^a,c   Kolokotsa, Dionysia ^b   Boemi, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cool island intensity; Cool park intensity; Urban heat island; Urban park

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; WIND;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITIES; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE INHOMOGENEITY; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN PARKS; URBAN TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAT ISLAND; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARK DESIGN; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84893123685     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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