How factors of land use/land cover, building configuration, and adjacent heat sources and sinks explain Urban Heat Islands in Chicago

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-129

  Coseo, Paul ^a   Larsen, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitigation; Neighborhoods; Urban Heat Island; Urban planning; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HOUSING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE HEAT;

AIR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BUILDING CONFIGURATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; MITIGATION; NEIGHBORHOODS; URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; VULNERABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANYON; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

FORESTRY; HOUSINGS; PLANNING; PYROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898867968     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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