Impact evaluation of green-grey infrastructure interaction on built-space integrity: An emerging perspective to urban ecosystem service

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 350-360

  Tiwary, Abhishek ^a   Kumar, Prashant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Building integrity; CFD; Dose response function; Ecosystem service; Green infrastructure

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIMESTONE;

BUILDING INTEGRITY; DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MATERIAL CORROSION; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; VEGETATION SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

LIMESTONE; OZONE; STEEL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOLIAGE; LIMESTONE; OZONE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOLIAGE; GREEN GREY INFRASTRUCTURE; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROENVIRONMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WIND; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDING INTEGRITY; CFD; DOSE-RESPONSE FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84899694663     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.032     Document Type: Article

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