Thermal comfort of outdoor spaces in Lahore, Pakistan: Lessons for bioclimatic urban design in the context of global climate change

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-117

  Mazhar, Naveed ^a   Brown, Robert D ^a   Kenny, Natasha ^a   Lenzholzer, Sanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Landscape architecture; Microclimate; Model

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MODELS; THERMAL COMFORT;

ENERGY BUDGETS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; MICROCLIMATE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL SENSATIONS; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939933008     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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