The effect of landscaping on the thermal performance of housing

International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-48

  Misni, Alamah ^a,b   Baird, George ^b   Allan, Penny ^b  

^a University of Technology MARA   (Malaysia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Landscaping; Single family house; Thermal performance; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964866095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21873666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14246/irspsd.1.1_29     Document Type: Article

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