Influence of park size and its surrounding urban landscape patterns on the park cooling effect

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Xiaoyun ^a   Wei, Bensheng ^a   Chen, Guojian ^a   Li, Junxiang ^a,b   Song, Conghe ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urbanization and Eco restoration   (China)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature; Landscape pattern; Park cool island intensity; Park cooling effect; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COOLING EFFECTS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PARK COOL ISLANDS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; URBAN LANDSCAPE PATTERNS; URBAN PARKS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PARK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN PLANNING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84939152844     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: 19435444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000256     Document Type: Article

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