Mitigation and adaption measures must be designed strategically by urban planners, designers, and decision-makers to reduce urban heat island (UHI) related risks. We employed the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to assess UHI mitigation scenarios for the tropical city of Singapore during...
The number of studies on the urban heat island has been increasing in recent years. Developments in geospatial analytics, especially in recent years, have
Abstract:An urban heat island is defined as an urban area that experiences warmer temperatures than its surroundings. This study examines how Singapore’s planning efforts established after the mid-20th century have affected the thermal environment...
Wong has also worked on a number of projects to study the Urban Heat Island effect in Singapore and to explore the various mitigation measures such as the effective utilization of urban greenery and cool roof materials. Over the years, he has researched on how greenery can be effectively ...
SingaporeUrban heat islandUrban Heat Island is a phenomenon where the temperatures in the urban space are higher than those of the suburban rural areas. The purpose of this study is to examine regional climate change and identify the urban effects on climates of various regions in Singapore. Dry...
Urban heat island is intensified by anthropogenic activities and heat in conjunction with the built-up urban area, which absorbs more solar radiation during daytime and releases more heat during nighttime than rural areas. Air cooling systems in Singapore, as one of the anthropogenic heat sources, ...
Santamouris, M., Ding, L., Osmond, P. (2019). Urban Heat Island Mitigation. In: Newton, P., Prasad, D., Sproul, A., White, S. (eds) Decarbonising the Built Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7940-6_18 ...
Urban heat island effectUrban planningCooling effectUrban neighborhood green spaces provide ecosystem services important for sustainable and resilient cities. We examine public preferences for these ecosystem services by conducting a discrete choice experiment in Singapore. The results showed that the public ...
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It is possible to mitigate the urban heat island effect by using more reflective materials or materials with higher albedo indices for urban roads. The results of this research revealed that there was a decrease in surface temperature that led to a decrease in average air temperature in all anal...