Urban Heat Islands Mitigation by Green Open Space (GOS) Canopy Improvement: A Case of Yogyakarta Urban Area (YUA), Indonesia

The growth of the Yogyakarta Urban Area (YUA) has led to an increasing of the microclimate, characterized by elevated temperatures. One of the efforts to decrease temperature is by establishing the development of Green Open Space (GOS). According to Law Number 26/2007 about Spatial Planning, a minim...

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Main Authors: Widodo Brontowiyono, Ribut Lupiyanto, Donan Wijaya, Joe Hamidin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Indonesia 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Technology
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Online Access:http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1060