Optimizing green space locations to reduce daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects in Phoenix, Arizona

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 165, Issue , 2017, Pages 162-171

  Zhang, Yujia ^a   Murray, Alan T ^b   Turner, B L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Environmental services trade offs; Green space cooling; Location optimization; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; GREEN SPACES; LOCATION OPTIMIZATION; TRADE OFF; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

AGGLOMERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GIS; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; MITIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020057755     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.009     Document Type: Article

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