Green infrastructure as an adaptation approach to tackling urban overheating in the Glasgow Clyde Valley Region, UK

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-86

  Emmanuel, R ^a   Loconsole, A ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Glasgow Clyde Valley Region; Green Area Ratio; Local climate zone; Urban heat island; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BINARY ALLOYS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY;

GLASGOW CLYDE VALLEY REGION; GREEN AREAS; LOCAL CLIMATE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN VEGETATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84940008055     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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