The city of Johannesburg contains over 10 million trees and is often referred to as an urban forest. The intra-urban spatial variability of the levels of vegetation across Johannesburg's residential regions has an influence on the urban heat island effect within the city. Residential areas with ...
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In addition, ground temperature variations in Johannesburg were estimated from airborne infrared scanner images. The spatial structure of the ground heat-island core shows a steep thermal gradient of about 600–700 m from the city center, comparable to the screen level temperature distribution obtained...
et al. Urban heat in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, South Africa: a meter-scale assessment and vulnerability analysis. Urban Clim. 46, 101331 (2022). Article Google Scholar Schmutz, M., Vogt, R., Feigenwinter, C. & Parlow, E. Ten years of eddy covariance measurements in Basel, ...
Long noted in cities as far flung as Cairo, Mumbai, Johannesburg, Mexico City and Nanjing, China, the heat island effect can add more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit to nighttime temperatures, climate scientists say. Forecasts now take into consideration the heat island, which in the case of Phoenix...
Long noted in cities as far flung as Cairo, Mumbai, Johannesburg, Mexico City and Nanjing, China, the heat island effect can add more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit to nighttime temperatures, climate scientists say. Forecasts now take into consideration the heat island, which in the case of Phoenix...
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Coleen Vogel Corresponding author Correspondence to Thomas Elmqvist. Ethics declarations Conflict of interest No financial and non-financial interests. Additional information Handled by Avit K. Bhowmik, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden. The...
(2008) focus on the role that major global gatherings may be playing in the pursuit of urban sustainability. To this end, it examines outcomes from the United Nations Habitat II Forum (1996, Istanbul), the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002, Johannesburg), the World Social Forum (...
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Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship Models for Urban Agribusiness Initiatives in Johannesburg Further work needs to be done to develop an enabling environment for these initiatives to flourish. This study should stimulate and trigger a much-needed ... M Rudolph,MA Mello,E Muchesa - 《Journal of Food...