The bigger, the better? The influence of urban green space design on cooling effects for residential areas

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-145

  Jaganmohan, Madhumitha ^a   Knapp, Sonja ^a   Buchmann, Carsten M ^a   Schwarz, Nina ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FORESTRY; HOUSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

AIR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PLANNING AND DESIGNINGS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN GREEN SPACES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; FOREST; GERMANY; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECREATIONAL PARK; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUMMER; CITY; TEMPERATURE;

CITIES; FORESTS; GERMANY; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84957550633     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0062     Document Type: Article

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