Tree planting configuration influences shade on residential structures in four U.S. cities

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 208-222

  Hwang, Won Hoi ^a   Wiseman, P Eric ^a   Thomas, Valerie A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cooling; Energy conservation; Heat stress; Heating; Urban heat island; Urban tree canopy

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GUIDELINE; HEAT ISLAND; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84936114159     PISSN: 19355297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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