During warm summer episodes citizens in urban areas are subject to reduced human thermal comfort and negative health effects. To mitigate these adverse effects, land use planners and urban designers have used the evaporative power of water bodies as a tool to limit the urban heat island effect (...
effect is the epitome of the issues that are associated with the urban thermal environment. In the context of global warming (Mitchell et al., 2016), extreme heat waves and UHI interact and promote each other. This interaction exacerbates the negative effects of the UHIs, and results in ...
change, on top of the heat island effect, modifies the manifold functions and services provided by urban plants – especially urban trees – as the most prominent and long-lived elements of urban ecosystems. These previous studies are mainly focused on how climate change alters urban species compo...
Shoudong Liu1, Natalie Schultz2, Wei Xiao1,2, Mi Zhang1 & Lei Zhao1,2,3 The urban heat island (UHI), the phenomenon of higher temperatures in urban land than the surrounding rural land, is commonly attributed to changes in biophysical properties of the land surface associated with urbaniz...
As a result, UHI can lead to a range of negative impacts, including increased energy consumption for cooling, heightened air pollution, and adverse health effects for residents. In order to mitigate the effects of UHI, various strategies can be implemented, ranging from the incorporation of green...
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon significantly affects us by exacerbating heat discomfort, increased energy consumption, and urban air pollution. The
Chapter 3 Methodologies for UHI Analysis Urban Heat Island Phenomenon and Related Mitigation Measures in Central Europe Ardeshir Mahdavi, Kristina Kiesel, and Milena Vuckovic Abstract A central strand of research work in the realm of urban physics aims at a better understanding of the...
The concentration of buildings, roads, and other infrastructure in urban areas can lead to higher temperatures, which can have negative impacts on human health and the environment. To mitigate the effects of the urban heat island effect and climate change more broadly, it is important to take ...
Addressing these challenges could help bridge the gaps between urban districts, alleviating the negative impacts of varied UHII within the same city. Moreover, although the diverse building performances observed in this research in different urban zones are not solely attributed to UHI, the ...
An urban heat island (UHI) is an urban metropolitan area that is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas due to human activities and LUCC (land use and land cover) differences1. UHIs have many negative side effects. The UHI effect causes the highest temperatures in cities to exc...