Staying cool in the compact city: Vacant land and urban heating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Applied Geography

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 84-92

  Pearsall, Hamil ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact city; Green conversions; Philadelphia; Urban heating; Vacant land

Indexed keywords

HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; NDVI; NEIGHBORHOOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008419666     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.010     Document Type: Article

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