Green Zones in the Future of Urban Planning
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 130, Issue 2
Abstract
This work analyzes certain influences of climatological variables on the city, as well as the main interactions between green spaces and the environmental parameters that form the urban environment. Several comfort indices were used in different parts of the eight districts most representative of the urban complex. The formulation of these indices was statistically correlated with the green zone areas, in order to find out the surface area of these areas that the city should have in order for this to be considered theoretically comfortable. The scenario for the study was in all cases the city of Valencia, Spain, taken as a prototype of the Mediterranean city.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 130 • Issue 2 • June 2004
Pages: 94 - 100
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 11, 2002
Accepted: Jan 2, 2003
Published online: May 14, 2004
Published in print: Jun 2004
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