Evaluation of green infrastructure effects on tropical Sri Lankan urban context as an urban heat island adaptation strategy

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 212-222

  Herath, H M P I K ^a   Halwatura, R U ^b   Jayasinghe, G Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENVI met; Green infrastructure; Microclimatic mitigation strategies; Urban heat island; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ASPHALT; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASS; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATE; MODEL VALIDATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN DESIGN; URBANIZATION;

COLOMBO [WESTERN PROVINCE]; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 85038223281     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.11.013     Document Type: Article

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