Optimizing green space locations to reduce daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects in Phoenix, Arizona
Abstract
A green space optimization model is developed to evaluate the daytime and nighttime cooling trade-offs. Optimally adding 1% of new green space will lead to 1–2°C surface temperature reduction. A dispersed pattern of green space leads to greater regional cooling than a clustered pattern.
- Publication:
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Landscape and Urban Planning
- Pub Date:
- September 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.009
- Bibcode:
- 2017LUrbP.165..162Z
- Keywords:
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- Urban heat island;
- Green space cooling;
- Location optimization;
- Environmental services trade-offs;
- Climate change mitigation