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Urban tree design approaches for mitigating daytime urban heat island effects in a high-density urban environment
Energy and Buildings · 2015 · Vol. 114 · pp. 265–274
Zheng Tan✉(Chinese University of Hong Kong)Kevin Ka‐Lun Lau(Chinese University of Hong Kong)Edward Ng(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Urban Heat Island MitigationUrban Green Space and HealthNoise Effects and ManagementUrban heat islandMicroclimateEnvironmental scienceDaytimeShadingWind speedTree plantingUrban climateThermal comfortMeteorology
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