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Climate sensitivity to land use changes over the City of Brussels [PDF]

, 2019
Prompted with the ongoing and projected climate change, a wide range of cities have committed, not only to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions but also to implement different climate change adaptation measures.
Caluwaerts, Steven, Cugnon, Gwenn, Duchêne, François, Hamdi, Rafiq, Termonia, Piet, Top, Sara, Van Schaeybroeck, Bert, Vergauwen, Thomas   +7 more
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The 2018–2023 drought in Berlin: impacts and analysis of the perspective of water resources management [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
The years 2018 to 2023 were characterised by extreme hydrometeorological conditions, with record-high average annual air temperatures and record-low annual precipitation across large regions of Europe.
I. Pohle, S. Zeilfelder, J. Birner, B. Creutzfeldt   +3 more
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Experimental governance and urban climate action – a mainstreaming paradox?

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2022
This article reflects on experimental governance in the context of stimulating urban climate action in the European Union (EU). Experimental governance endorse and support climate action by encouraging the transfer of urban innovations by upscaling ...
Sam Grönholm
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Seeing the invisible: from imagined to virtual urban landscapes [PDF]

, 2020
Urban ecosystems consist of infrastructure features working together to provide services for inhabitants. Infrastructure functions akin to an ecosystem, having dynamic relationships and interdependencies.
Gopal, Sucharita, Ma, Yaxiong, Phillips, Nathan, Wright, Jessica   +3 more
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Differences in the Intensity of Surface and Canopy-Layer Urban Heat Islands in Europe

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
The satellite-derived surface urban heat island is often not properly distinguished from the in situ derived canopy-layer urban heat island in the field of remote sensing of urban climates.
Leonie Krelaus, Joy Apfel, Panagiotis Sismanidis, Benjamin Bechtel   +3 more
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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements. A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus [PDF]

, 2018
The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in order to better understand the multiple ...
Battisti, Alessandra, Laureti, Flavia, Volpicelli, Giulia, Zinzi, Michele   +3 more
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Efficacy of cool roofs at reducing pedestrian-level air temperature during projected 21st century heatwaves in Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix (USA)

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
The air temperature cooling impacts of infrastructure-based adaptation measures in expanding urban areas and under changing climatic conditions are not well understood.
Ashley M Broadbent, E Scott Krayenhoff, Matei Georgescu   +2 more
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Trading emissions, shaping ambitions: Understanding what drives carbon market intentions in Vietnam

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
As carbon markets emerge as critical instruments in climate policy, understanding what drives corporate participation becomes essential, particularly in developing countries undergoing regulatory transformation.
Ngo Thanh Mai, Dinh Duc Truong, Le Huy Huan, Duong Duc Tam   +3 more
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A Study on the Influence of Air Pollution on Temperature Forecast Skill Based on Operational Weather Forecast in BTH Region

Atmosphere, 2023
Surface air temperature is a comprehensive function of aerosols in the atmosphere and various weather factors. However, there is no real-time aerosol concentration feedback in most operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) models.
Ziyin Zhang, Yangna Lei, Siyu Cheng
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Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change on Heat Stress Under Relatively Dry and Wet Warm Conditions in a Semi‐Arid Urban Environment

Earth's Future
This article investigates the effect of urban expansion and climate change impacts on heat stress (HS) for Arizona's (AZ; USA) two largest urban agglomerations, the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas, under relatively dry and moist warm conditions ...
Francisco Salamanca‐Palou, Gisel Guzman‐Echavarría, Jennifer Vanos, Pope Moseley, Marisa Elena Domino, Matei Georgescu   +5 more
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