Conceptual framework linking canopy structure, greening features, and urban form to thermal discomfortConceptual framework linking canopy structure, greening features, and urban form to thermal discomfort (IMAGE)

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Conceptual framework linking canopy structure, greening features, and urban form to thermal discomfortConceptual framework linking canopy structure, greening features, and urban form to thermal discomfort

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The upper panel illustrates how canopy density is associated with contrasting heat-stress mechanisms. The lower panel conceptualises how these processes interact with urban morphology within a microclimatic boundary.

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Please credit the Machine Intelligence and Resilience Laboratory at IIT Gandhinagar.

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