Estimating the cooling capacity of green infrastructures to support urban planning

Ecosystem Services

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 225-235

  Zardo, L ^a   Geneletti, D ^a   Perez Soba M ^b   Van Eupen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem based adaptation; Green Urban Infrastructures

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021811129     PISSN: 22120416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.016     Document Type: Article

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