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The influence of urban design on outdoor thermal comfort in the hot, humid city of Colombo, Sri Lanka

✍ Scribed by Erik Johansson; Rohinton Emmanuel

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
632 KB
Volume
51
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7128

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