Urban Forests as Main Regulator of the Evaporative Cooling Effect in Cities
Abstract Higher temperatures in urban areas expose a large fraction of the human population to potentially dangerous heat stress. Green spaces are promoted worldwide as local and city‐scale cooling strategies but the amount, type, and functioning of vegetation in cities lack quantification and their...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-06-01
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| Series: | AGU Advances |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000303 |