Designing urban parks that ameliorate the effects of climate change

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-131

  Brown, Robert D ^a   Vanos, Jennifer ^b   Kenny, Natasha ^a   Lenzholzer, Sanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Hot climate; Landscape architecture; Microclimate; Urban design

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL STRESS;

ENERGY BUDGETS; HOT CLIMATE; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84939971119     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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