Mitigative Capacities of Plant Disposition Types and Space Types on Urban Heat Island Effect

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10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.206How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Plant disposition type; Space type; Urban heat island effect

Abstract

Plants can reduce urban heat island effect. 4 types of plant disposition and 7 types of space were selected to study their mitigative capacities on urban heat island effect by quantitative analysis the temperature-decreasing and humidity-increasing effects of vegetation cover. The paper showed that space types had significant impacts on mitigative of urban heat island, although there was a significant correlation between plant disposition types and humidity-increasing effect, plant disposition types and temperature-decreasing had no significant correlation. Mitigative capacities of plants on heat island effect in street, square and park were strongest, in contrast, that of campus were weak. And the mitigative capacities of plant disposition types on heat island effect were in the order of small trees communities and trees-shrubs-grass trees-grass trees-hard road. The results can be seen as a possibility of improvement of outdoor thermal comfort conditions and as an important step in order to achieve sustainability in cities.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ying-ying Liu
AU  - Yu-chen Guo
AU  - Xiang-dong Xiao
AU  - Sai Wang
AU  - Xiao-ping Lu
AU  - Bo Wang
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Mitigative Capacities of Plant Disposition Types and Space Types on Urban Heat Island Effect
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1116
EP  - 1121
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.206
DO  - 10.2991/ifeesm-15.2015.206
ID  - Liu2015/09
ER  -