Urban environment and vegetation: comfort and urban heat island mitigation

This paper analyses the outcomes of an experimental simulation on the microclimatic effects and on thermal comfort of vegetation in urban environment, conducted by means of a three-dimensional microclimate model, ENVI- met 3.1. The simulation considers a wide range of hypothetical cases of typical c...

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Main Authors: Adriano Magliocco, Katia Perini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-10-01
Series:Techne : Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
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Online Access:http://www.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/15070