Urban Green Infrastructure Impacts on Climate Regulation Services in Sydney, Australia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Transect and Data Collection
2.3. The Influence of Vegetation Cover on Surface Temperatures
2.3.1. Roof Temperatures
2.3.2. Road Temperatures
2.3.3. Park Temperatures
3. Results
3.1. Effect of Tree Cover on Roof Top Temperatures
3.2. Effect of Tree Cover on Road Temperatures
3.3. Effect of Tree Cover on Park Temperatures
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
UCL | Urban Centre and Locality |
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
FPC | Foliage Projection Cover |
NDVI | Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
LST | Land Surface Temperature |
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Lin, B.B.; Meyers, J.; Beaty, R.M.; Barnett, G.B. Urban Green Infrastructure Impacts on Climate Regulation Services in Sydney, Australia. Sustainability 2016, 8, 788. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080788
Lin BB, Meyers J, Beaty RM, Barnett GB. Urban Green Infrastructure Impacts on Climate Regulation Services in Sydney, Australia. Sustainability. 2016; 8(8):788. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080788
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Brenda B., Jacqui Meyers, R. Matthew Beaty, and Guy B. Barnett. 2016. "Urban Green Infrastructure Impacts on Climate Regulation Services in Sydney, Australia" Sustainability 8, no. 8: 788. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8080788