Urban gardens as a solution to energy poverty and urban heat island

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 323-333

  Tsilini, Vasiliki ^a   Papantoniou, Sotiris ^a   Kolokotsa, Dionysia Denia ^a   Maria, Efpraxia Aithra ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Community gardening; Urban green space; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926303846     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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