Local Climatic Zoning and Urban Heat Island in Beirut

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 169, Issue , 2016, Pages 216-223

  Kaloustian, Noushig ^a,b   Bechtel, Benjamin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beirut; Local Climatic Zoning; Sustainable; Town Energy Balance; Urban Heat Island; Urban Planning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY BALANCE; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

BEIRUT; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MAIN PARAMETERS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SUSTAINABLE; URBAN CLIMATOLOGY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ZONING;

EID: 85013015783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.10.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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