The role of one large greenspace in mitigating London's nocturnal urban heat island

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 662-671

  Doick, Kieron J ^a   Peace, Andrew ^a   Hutchings, Tony R ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Parks; Trees; Urban cooling; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; PARKING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN PLANNING;

EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; STATISTICAL MODELLING; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TREES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

COOLING; PARKING;

GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; PARK DESIGN; TREE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GRASS; GREENSPACE; NATIONAL PARK; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPACE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SUMMER;

COOLING; FORESTRY; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903648395     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.048     Document Type: Article

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