## Abstract The effects of vegetation on human thermal stress in a hotβarid region were tested in two semiβenclosed urban spaces with various combinations of mature trees, grass, overhead shading mesh and paving. The index of thermal stress was calculated hourly from measured meteorological data in
Long-term housing costs in the hot and arid environment of Kuwait
β Scribed by Husain Al-Khalat
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 489 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-7788
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