Urban heat islands in relation to green land use in European cities

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 37, Issue , 2019, Pages 33-41

  Nastran, Mojca ^a   Kobal, Milan ^a   Eler, Klemen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature; Land use; Landscape metrics; MODIS; Urban forest; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DATA SET; HEAT ISLAND; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MITIGATION; MODIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 85040698183     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.01.008     Document Type: Article

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