The role of green roofs in mitigating Urban Heat Island effects in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-102

  Razzaghmanesh, Mostafa ^a   Beecham, Simon ^a   Salemi, Telma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Green roofs; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY USE; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATE; ROOF; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84957105509     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.11.013     Document Type: Article

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