Assessing xeriscaping as a sustainable heat island mitigation approach for a desert city

Metropolitan Phoenix has been amongst the most rapidly urbanizing cities in the USA, and is also subject to an urban heat island (UHI) of significant intensity and extent. There is a need to mitigate its detrimental effects through sustainable methods, such as through the application of low-water de...

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Main Authors: CHOW, Winston T. L., BRAZEL, Anthony J.
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3073
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English