Attenuating the surface Urban Heat Island within the Local Thermal Zones through land surface modification

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 239-252

  Wang, Jiong ^a   Ouyang, Wanlu ^b  

^a Wuhan University   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Excessive heat; Land surface specification; Local surface Urban Heat Island; Local Thermal Zones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPECIFICATIONS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ATTENUATION; EXCESSIVE HEAT; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE SPECIFICATION; LOCAL SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLAND; LOCAL SURFACES; LOCAL THERMAL ZONE; SURFACE SPECIFICATIONS; SURFACE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS; THERMAL ZONES;

LANDFORMS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DESIGN; HEAT ISLAND; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND SURFACE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MITIGATION; PRIORITIZATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING POLICY;

ATTENUATION; CHINA; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE; HEAT; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

CHINA; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84999017202     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.059     Document Type: Article

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