- Title
- The degree, extent and value of air temperature amelioration by urban green spaces in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe:
- Creator
- Ngulani, T, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176061
- Identifier
- vital:42656
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03736245.2019.1685405
- Description
- Urban greenery provide a variety of goods and services to city dwellers. A core one is amelioration of the urban heat island effect. However, the many estimates from temperate regions cannot be extrapolated to the tropics, where more empirical studies are required to guide urban planning and optimization of green infrastructure design and distribution. This study reports on the temperature differentials in fortnightly readings, in winter and summer, between 12 urban green spaces and the surrounding built-up urban matrix at increasing distances from each green space. Additionally, the value of energy costs saved for air conditioning by urban greenery was calculated.
- Format
- 11 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Geographical Journal, Ngulani, T. and Shackleton, C.M., 2020. The degree, extent and value of air temperature amelioration by urban green spaces in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. South African Geographical Journal, 102(3), pp.344-355, South African Geographical Journal volume 102 number 3 344 355 2020 2151-2418
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