DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.09.005 Web URL(s): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204606002076 Publication Type:
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Report Author(s): Chang, Chi-Ru ;
Li, Ming-Huang ;
Chang, Shyh-Dean Author Affiliation: Chang, C.-R.: Ph.D. and Landscape Ecologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture; Li: Environmental Manager, Zhishan Cultural and Ecological Garden and Graduate Program, Landscape Architecture; Chang, S.-D.: Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Chinese Culture University, Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan Title: A preliminary study on the local cool-island intensity of Taipei city parks Source: Landscape and Urban Planning . Vol. 80, No. 4, May 2007, p. 386-395.# of Pages: 10 Publishing Information: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Keywords: TIC Keywords: Evaluations ; Microclimate ; Parks ; Temperature response ; Urban heat island ; Urban landscaping Abstract/Contents: "That green-spaces relieve urban heat is well known in urban landscape planning. Scientific information on what kinds of green-spaces best reduce heat, however, is still largely unknown. This is a preliminary study aimed at (1) devising a method to detect and compare the local cool-island intensities of various urban parks; (2) verifying that this local cool-island intensity differs among parks; (3) determining whether this local cool-island intensity is related to park characteristics. Results from air-temperature measurements in and around 61 Taipei city parks showed that urban parks were on average cooler than their surroundings, confirming the term 'urban cool-islands.' However, approximately one-fifth of the parks were warmer than their urban surroundings. At noon in summer, parks with ≥50% paved coverage and little tree- and shrub-cover were on average warmer than their surroundings. Large parks were on average cooler than the smaller ones, but this relationship was non-linear. In Taipei, parks differed in their local cool-island intensity and this intensity can be related to park characteristics. Before further details concerning better planning and design approaches to mitigate urban heat-islands can be addressed, a neighborhood-scaled understanding of the urban microclimate is first needed as a basis." Language: English References: 31 Note: Map ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science -Like - may be incomplete ): Landscape Urban Plan. 80(4):p. 386-395.Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=241973 If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 241973 . Choices for finding the above item : DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.09.005 Web URL(s): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204606002076 b2322641 Find from within TIC: Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record)
