Achieving sustainability through the management of microclimate parameters in Mediterranean urban environments during summer

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-64

  Tsitoura, Marianna ^a   Michailidou, Marina ^a   Tsoutsos, Theocharis ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Design parameters; Thermal comfort; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973370390     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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