Climate tolerances and trait choices shape continental patterns of urban tree biodiversity [PDF]
, 2016 Aim: We propose and test a climate tolerance and trait choice hypothesis of urban macroecological variation in which strong filtering associated with low winter temperatures restricts urban biodiversity while weak filtering associated with warmer ...
Alonzo, M +10 more
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Equity in Urban Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Review of Research
Urban Planning, 2021 A growing number of cities are preparing for climate change by developing adaptation plans, but little is known about how these plans and their implementation affect the vulnerability of groups experiencing various forms of underlying social inequity ...
Kayleigh Swanson
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Precipitation response to climate change and urban development over the continental United States
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Appropriately characterizing future changes in regional-scale precipitation requires assessment of the interactive effect owing to greenhouse gas-induced climate change and the physical growth of the built environment.
M Georgescu +4 more
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The urban heat island effect on frost damage of natural building stones [PDF]
, 2019 Climate plays a major role in the weathering of building stones. This study specifically investigates the influence of the urban heat island (UHI)in Ghent, Belgium,on freeze-thaw (F-T) weathering ofnatural building stonesand their ...
Calle, Klaas +5 more
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Soil moisture dominates dryness stress on ecosystem production globally
Nature Communications, 2020 Dryness stresses vegetation and can lead to declines in productivity, increased emission of carbon, and plant mortality, but the drivers of this stress remain unclear. Here the authors show that soil moisture plays a dominant role relative to atmospheric
Laibao Liu +5 more
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Climate change, the green economy and reimagining the city: the case of structurally disadvantaged European maritime port cities [PDF]
, 2017 The concept of the New Environmental Politics of Urban Development (NEPUD) examines the impact of international and national environmental regulation on the politics of urban development.
Jonas, Andrew E. G. +3 more
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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 +3 more
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, 2017 Urban Climates is the first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates. The book begins with an outline of what constitutes an urban ecosystem. It develops a comprehensive terminology for the subject using scale and surface classification as key constructs.
Oke, Tim R. +3 more
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Urban-climate interactions during summer over eastern North America
Climate Dynamics, 2021 The urban heat island is a representative urban climate characteristic, which can affect heat-stress conditions and extreme precipitation that are closely connected with human life.
Seok-Geun Oh, L. Sushama
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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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