Assessing the effects of landscape design parameters on intra-urban air temperature variability: The case of Beijing, China

Building and Environment

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Yan, Hai ^a   Fan, Shuxin ^a   Guo, Chenxiao ^a   Wu, Fan ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Dong, Li ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Land cover; Landscape design; Sky view factor; Urban heat island; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; SKY VIEW FACTOR; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

DESIGN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DESIGN; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION COVER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84897907573     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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