Effect of tree planting design and tree species on human thermal comfort in the tropics

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-109

  de Abreu Harbich, Loyde Vieira ^a   Labaki, Lucila Chebel ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil (Campinas); Human thermal comfort; Mean radiant temperature; Physiologically equivalent temperature; Tree planting design; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; TROPICS;

BRAZIL (CAMPINAS); HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; TREE PLANTINGS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84939996205     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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