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The urban heat island effect and city contiguity
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2015Abstract The spatial configuration of cities can affect how urban environments alter local energy balances. Previous studies have reached the paradoxical conclusions that both sprawling and high-density urban development can amplify urban heat island intensities, which has prevented consensus on how best to mitigate the urban heat island effect via ...
Neil Debbage, J Marshall Shepherd
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Effect of the Urban Heat Island on Aerosol pH
Environmental Science & Technology, 2017The 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 +2 more
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Urban Heat Island Effects of Pavements
2022Urban 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 +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, 2011Cases 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 +2 more
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Heat island effect for Nicosia, Cyprus
Advances in Building Energy Research, 2014Daily 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 +1 more
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Architecture as a Catalyst in Mitigating Heat Island Effect
SDC2022 Conference Proceedings, 2022Architecture 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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Thermal Heat Island Effect in Bihar
2014Most 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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