Effects of internal and external planning factors on park cooling intensity: field measurement of urban parks in Gold Coast, Australia

Urban parks can help to ameliorate the urban heat island effect. This study measured thermal environments in 18 urban parks in Gold Coast, a coastal subtropical city. In particular, this study categorized and investigated two types of planning factors that may affect the thermal environment in parks...

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Main Authors: Jian Zhang, Zhonghua Gou, Leigh Shutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2019-01-01
Series:AIMS Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/environsci.2019.6.417/fulltext.html