Psychological and physical impact of urban green spaces on outdoor thermal comfort during summertime in The Netherlands

Building and Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-128

  Klemm, Wiebke ^a   Heusinkveld, Bert G ^a   Lenzholzer, Sanda ^a   Jacobs, Maarten H ^a   Van Hove, Bert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Environmental psychology; Long term perception; Mean radiant temperature; Park; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; PARKING; SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; GREENSPACE; INFRASTRUCTURE; PERCEPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

AIR; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 85028146048     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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