Low carbon districts: Mitigating the urban heat island with green roof infrastructure

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Lehmann, Steffen ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Green roofs; Green urbanism; Low carbon precinct; Sustainable urban development; Sydney; Urban heat island effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897048389     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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