PLoS ONE, 2022 Urban heat islands are major factors hindering the quality of present-day urban habitats. The ongoing acceleration of the worldwide urbanization process is leading to an exacerbation of the urban heat island effect; however, urban forestry can mitigate ...
Yarong Yang +5 more
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London's urban heat island: Impact on current and future energy consumption in office buildings [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents the results of a computational study on the energy consumption and related CO2 emissions for heating and cooling of an office building within the Urban Heat Island of London, currently and in the future.
Kolokotroni, M +7 more
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The relationship between built-up areas and the spatial development of the mean maximum urban heat island in Debrecen, Hungary [PDF]
, 2005 The climate of built-up regions differs significantly from rural regions and the most important modifying effect of urbanization on local climate is the urban temperature excess, otherwise called the urban heat island (UHI).
Bottyán, Zsolt +3 more
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Urban heat island intensity in London: An investigation of the impact of physical characteristics on changes in outdoor air temperature during summer [PDF]
, 2008 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Solar Energy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and ...
Maria Kolokotroni (7183034) +4 more
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A validated methodology for the prediction of heating and cooling energy demand for buildings within the Urban Heat Island: Case-study of London [PDF]
, 2010 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Solar Energy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and ...
Davies, M +8 more
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Optimization Methods of Urban Green Space Layout on Tropical Islands to Control Heat Island Effects
Energies, 2022 With the rapid increase in demand for the construction and development of island cities in the South China Sea, the urban heat island phenomenon in such cities should become a key factor to be considered in future urban planning.
Haizhu Zhou +7 more
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The diurnal evolution of the urban heat island of Paris: a model-based case study during Summer 2006 [PDF]
, 2013 The urban heat island (UHI) over Paris during summer 2006 was simulated using the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) updated with a simple urban parametrization at a horizontal resolution of 1 km.
van Lipzig, N. P. M. +14 more
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Evaluation of urban heat island effect in Turkey
Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2018 Recently, the rate of urbanisation has accelerated due to increasing population density which causes unexpected environmental disturbances and problems. One of the major problems encountered to date is the change in the land use/cover (LULC) structure.
Dihkan, Mustafa +3 more
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Modelling of the annual mean maximum urban heat island with the application of 2 and 3D surface parameters [PDF]
, 2006 The primary aim of this study was to reveal quantitatively what effect urban structure has on the development, magnitude and spatial distribution of the annual mean maximum urban heat island using a selected representative sample area in Szeged ...
Unger, János
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Remote Sensing, 2022 The acceleration of urbanization has significantly impacted the changing regional thermal environment, leading to a series of ecological and environment-related problems.
Chunguang Hu, He Li
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