Urban neighborhood characteristics influence on a building indoor environment

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 403-413

  Mirzaei, Parham A ^a   Olsthoorn, Dave ^b   Torjan, Michael ^b   Haghighat, Fariborz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Green; Health; Indoor environment; Land use land cover; Mitigate; Urban heat island; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944150790     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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