Evaluation of Urban Heat Islands mitigation strategies using 3dimentional urban micro-climate model envi-met

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 357-371

  Maleki, A ^a   Mahdavi, A ^b  

^a TABRIZ ISLAMIC ART UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

ENVI met outdoor thermal comfort; Mitigation; Simulation; Urban heat islands; Urban micro climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954450880     PISSN: 15630854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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