Improving Outdoor Thermal Comfort in a Steppe Climate: Effect of Water and Trees in an Urban Park

Excess heat in urban environments is an increasing threat to human health and well-being. Furthermore, the increasingly important phenomenon of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) is exacerbating problems of livability in urban centers. Hence, there should be an increasing effort to assess the impact of hea...

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Published in:	Land
Main Authors:	Saeid Teshnehdel, Elisa Gatto, Dongying Li, Robert D. Brown
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-03-01
Subjects:	human thermal comfort tree cover water body urban microclimate ENVI-met
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/431

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