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The Microclimatic Effect of Green Infrastructure (GI) in a Mediterranean City: The Case of the Urban Park of Ciutadella (Barcelona, Spain)

María del Carmen Moreno-García and Ignacio Baena
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 2019, 45 (3) 99-107; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2019.009
María del Carmen Moreno-García
María del Carmen Moreno-García (corresponding author), University of Barcelona, Climatology Group. Department of Geography, Montalegre, 6, 08001 Barcelona, Spain,
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Ignacio Baena
Ignacio Baena, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, IEO, Muelle de Poniente s/n 07015, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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