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

• Main Authors: CHOW, Winston T. L., BRAZEL, Anthony J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Urban heat island mitigation; Sustainability; Outdoor thermal comfort; Environmental Sciences; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3151
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...