Assessing the effects of landscape design parameters on intra-urban air temperature variability: The case of Beijing, China

• Published in: Building and environment Vol. 76; pp. 44 - 53
• Main Authors: Yan, Hai, Fan, Shuxin, Guo, Chenxiao, Wu, Fan, Zhang, Nan, Dong, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air temperature; Applied sciences; Buildings. Public works; Climatology and bioclimatics for buildings; Exact sciences and technology; Land cover; Landscape design; Sky view factor; Urban development; Urban heat island; Vegetation; Asia; China; Sky view factor; Landscape design; Land cover; Air temperature; Urban heat island; Vegetation; Climatology; Measurement result; Impact study; Urban area; Spatial variation; Multiple regression; Geometry; Town; Urban landscapes design

Understanding the causes of the intra-urban air temperature variability is a first step in improving urban landscape design to ameliorate urban thermal environment. Here we investigated the spatial and temporal variations of air temperature at a local scale in Beijing, and their relationships with t...