Climate-change sensitive residential areas and their adaptation capacities by urban green changes: Case study of linz, Austria

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Henseke, Aisa ^a   Breuste, Jürgen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation capacity; Climate change; Climate change sensitive urban residential areas; Urban green

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN GROWTH;

ADAPTATION CAPACITY; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; URBAN GREEN; URBAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRIA; LINZ; UPPER AUSTRIA;

EID: 84939203350     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: 19435444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000262     Document Type: Article

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