Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks

Environmental Research

Volumn 160, Issue , 2018, Pages 306-313

  Vieira, Joana ^a   Matos, Paula ^a   Mexia, Teresa ^a   Silva, Patrícia ^b   Lopes, Nuno ^b   Freitas, Catarina ^b   Correia, Otília ^a   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a   Branquinho, Cristina ^a   Pinho, Pedro ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Energy and Mobility of the City Council of Almada   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cities; Environmental management; Lichen traits; Urban heat island effect

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; LICHEN; MORTALITY; PURIFICATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; ROAD TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HERB; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RECREATIONAL PARK; SHRUB; TREE; TREE PRUNING; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTION; CITY;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; PARKS, RECREATIONAL;

EID: 85039855593     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.006     Document Type: Article

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