Planning for cooler cities: A framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-138

  Norton, Briony A ^a,c   Coutts, Andrew M ^b   Livesley, Stephen J ^a   Harris, Richard J ^b   Hunter, Annie M ^a   Williams, Nicholas S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Green roof; Heat wave; Public health; Urban greening; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROOFS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; GREEN ROOF; HEAT WAVES; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TEMPERATURE REDUCTION; URBAN GREENING; URBAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COOLING; GEOMETRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENSPACE; HEAT FLUX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANNING; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84910022309     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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