Street greenery and its physical and psychological impact on thermal comfort

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-98

  Klemm, Wiebke ^a   Heusinkveld, Bert G ^a   Lenzholzer, Sanda ^a   van Hove, Bert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental psychology; Mean radiant temperature; Street canyon; Street design; Street tree; Thermal perception

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; STREET CANYON; STREET DESIGN; STREET TREES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84936988281     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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