The impact of greenspace size on the extent of local nocturnal air temperature cooling in London

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 160-169

  Vaz Monteiro, Madalena ^a   Doick, Kieron J ^a   Handley, Phillip ^a   Peace, Andrew ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service provision; Green infrastructure; Urban heat island; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION COVER; WIND VELOCITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959265253     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.02.008     Document Type: Article

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