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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-006-8590-9 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-006-8590-9
Last checked: 10/05/2017 |
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Georgi, N. J.;
Zafiriadis, K. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Georgi: Dr. Landscape Architect, Tutor of Hellenic Open University, Spec. Scient. of the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Public Works; Zafiriadis: Dr. Min. Engineer, Tutor of University of the Aegean, Business School, Dept. of Financial and Management Engineering, Athens, Greece |
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| Title: | The impact of park trees in microclimate in urban areas |
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| Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 9, No. 3, September 2006, p. 195-209. |
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| Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants U.K.: Chapman and Hall |
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| # of Pages: | 15 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7p3633050959364/
Last checked: 09/07/2010
Notes: Abstract only |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Air temperature; Botanical surveys; Microclimate; Parks; Relative humidity; Solar radiation; Tree environmental effects; Tree surveys; Urban habitat
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Trees in cities have an important positive effect on people's lives. One such positive effect is the amelioration of microclimate. The aim of this research is to assess the correlation between parameters that affect the microclimate of parks during the summer. We measured air temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation in the sun and shade of the trees in urban parks in Thessaloniki, Greece. The results indicate that: the air (A) temperature reduction percentage (dTair%), air relative humidity increase (dTRh%), discontent index reduction percentage (DI%) (cooling effect) and solar radiation (L) percentage that passes through the trees' foliage to their shade creates an exponential function of dA% = a.e-bL. These functions are also applicable to the limiting variation values of the parameters. If we use L = 0 (meaning Lightsh = 0, which is the case for an extremely dense tree), then the values that we expect from this particular parameter are the maximum possible. These maximum values are a characteristic feature of the parameter variation for this particular research area. These maximum values for the trees in the parks of Thessaloniki are: maxdTair% ≅ 24%, maxdRh% ≅ 41% and maxdDI% ≅16%." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 33 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Georgi, N. J., and K. Zafiriadis. 2006. The impact of park trees in microclimate in urban areas. Urban Ecosystems. 9(3):p. 195-209. |
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| DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-8590-9 |
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Last checked: 10/05/2017 |
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