Temperature and human thermal comfort effects of street trees across three contrasting street canyon environments

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 124 Số 1-2 - Trang 55-68 - 2016
Andrew Coutts1, Emma C. White1, Nigel Tapper1, Jason Beringer2, Stephen J. Livesley3
1School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Building 28, Wellington Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
2School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, VIC, 6009, Australia
3Department of Resource Management and Geography, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3121, Australia

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