The role of urban green infrastructure in mitigating land surface temperature in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 373-392

  Di Leo, Néstor ^a   Escobedo, Francisco J ^b   Dubbeling, Marielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c c/o ETC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Urban agriculture; Urban climate change policies; Urban ecosystem services; Urban forestry; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; INFRASTRUCTURE; LAND SURFACE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

BOBO DIOULASSO; BURKINA FASO;

JOTURUS PICHARDI;

EID: 84961154674     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9653-y     Document Type: Article

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