Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-235

  O'Malley, Christopher ^a   Piroozfar, Poorang ^b   Farr, Eric R P ^c   Pomponi, Francesco ^b  

^a Ground Construction Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c New School of Architecture and Design   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitigating strategies; Urban Heat Island effect; Urban sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944165164     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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