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Designing out the urban heat island effect

, 2012
The world's population has reached an all time high and more people are living in cities than in the countryside for the first time in human history.
Munro, Karen
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Urban Heat Island Effects of Pavements

2022
Urban heat island effect is one of the major issues and to be addressed in order to achieve sustainability. Human population in the cities has been increasing tremendously. As a result, natural areas are turned into buildings, roads etc. Scholars from various disciplines are now focused on the causes of Urban Heat Island effect and mitigation ...
Gokhan Calis, Sadik Alper Yildizel, Ulku Sultan Keskin   +2 more
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Effect of the Urban Heat Island on Aerosol pH

Environmental Science & Technology, 2017
The urban heat island (UHI) is a widely observed phenomenon whereby urban environments have higher temperatures and different relative humidities than surrounding suburban and rural areas. Temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) strongly affect the partitioning of semivolatile species found in the atmosphere, such as nitric acid, ammonia, and water.
Michael A. Battaglia, Sarah Douglas, Christopher J. Hennigan   +2 more
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Heat Island Effect Aggravates Mortality

Volume 4: Energy Systems Analysis, Thermodynamics and Sustainability; Combustion Science and Engineering; Nanoengineering for Energy, Parts A and B, 2011
Cases of death during heat waves are most commonly due to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, with the main contribution from the negative effect of heat on the cardiovascular system. In an attempt to control the body temperature, the body’s natural instinct is to circulate large quantities of blood to the skin.
Kaufui V. Wong, Andrew Paddon, Alfredo Jimenez   +2 more
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Architecture as a Catalyst in Mitigating Heat Island Effect

SDC2022 Conference Proceedings, 2022
Architecture as a Catalyst in Mitigating Heat Island Effect Ar. Mahesh Bangad Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture Pune 411052, Maharashtra, India mahesh.bangad@bnca.ac.in Urvashi Vaijwade Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture Pune 411052, Maharashtra, India a18102.urvashiv@bnca.ac.in ABSTRACT With the increased rate of expansion of ...
Mahesh Bangad, Urvashi Vaijwade
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Heat island effect for Nicosia, Cyprus

Advances in Building Energy Research, 2014
Daily values of meteorological data from two stations, one rural and one urban, of Cyprus Meteorological Service for a very large period (1983–2010) have been analyzed in order to detect the existence of the heat island effect in Nicosia, Cyprus. This study examines the heat island effect by comparing the mean daily temperature of the two stations ...
Theophilou, Marios, Serghides, Despina Kyprianou   +1 more
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Construction of a cold island network for the urban heat island effect mitigation

Science of The Total Environment
The urban heat island (UHI) effect seriously challenges sustainable urban development strategies and livability. Numerous studies have explored the UHI problem from the perspective of isolated blue and green patches, ignoring the overall function of cold island networks.
Fan, Liu, Jing, Liu, Yanqin, Zhang, Shaoping, Hong, Weicong, Fu, Minhua, Wang, Jianwen, Dong   +6 more
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Thermal Heat Island Effect in Bihar

2014
Most of the time, the air and surface temperatures of cities are a few degrees higher than their surrounding areas. This temperature discrepancy is the result of an unexpected phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) (UHI refers to a metropolitan area with a significant higher temperature in comparison to surrounding rural areas due to human ...
Tuhin Ghosh, Anirban Mukhopadhyay
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Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

Environmental Pollution, 2011
This paper attempts to evaluate the positive effects of vegetation with a multi-scale approach: an urban and a building scale. Monitoring the urban heat island in four areas of New York City, we have found an average of 2 °C difference of temperatures between the most and the least vegetated areas, ascribable to the substitution of vegetation with man ...
Susca, Tiziana, Gaffin, S. R., DELL'OSSO, Guido Raffaele   +2 more
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transPLANTing Heat island Effects in Tokyo

2017
UPLanD - Journal of Urban Planning, Landscape & environmental Design, Vol 2, No 1 ...
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