A review on the urban green space cooling effect based on field measurement of air temperature

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201704.012

Abstract

Abstract: With the development of urbanization, the effect of urban heat island has become increasingly evident. As an essential component of the urban natural landscapes, urban green space plays an important role in mitigating the effect of urban heat island. However, facing the rapid urbanization and changing environment, how to rationally plan and design the green space and realize its best cooling effect which can improve the urban environment and microclimate is still an urgent problem to be solved. So there is a strong need for mulitiscale researches on the cooling effect of urban green space. This paper systematically gave a review on the cooling effect of urban green space based on field measurement of air temperature, the main factors that influenced the cooling effect of green space were explored from three aspects including the area and shape characteristics of urban green space, the structure characteristics of vegetation and the external factors which affected the cooling effect, and the characteristics of the cooling effect of the green space were summarized from the aspect of time variation and distance decay. Then, the main problems and future research prospects of urban green space cooling effect were put forward.

LIU Feng-feng, YAN Wei-jiao, KONG Fan-hua, YIN Hai-wei, BAN Yu-long, XU Wen-bin. A review on the urban green space cooling effect based on field measurement of air temperature[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2017, 28(4): 1387-1396.

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