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Thermal comfort in the historical urban canyon: the effect of innovative materials [PDF]

, 2017
Urban heat island (UHI) can considerably affect the thermal quality of the urban environment, especially within urban canyons, that have typically low sky view factor and limited surface heat re-emission capability.
Castaldo, Veronica Lucia, Cotana, Franco, De Lieto Vollaro, Andrea, Ferrero, Marco, Golasi, Iacopo, Piselli, Cristina, Pisello, Anna Laura, Rosso, Federica, Salata, Ferdinando   +8 more
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Variations microclimatiques et effet de la végétation dans la ville aride de Ghardaïa, Algérie

VertigO, 2022
Characterizing urban climate in hot arid cities is a key step to understand the interactions of climatic variables with the built-up and the vegetation.
Rachid Amieur, Djamila Rouag Saffidine, Christiane Weber   +2 more
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Urban Heat Island Kota Surabaya [PDF]

, 2015
Perkembangan jumlah dan aktivitas penduduk perkotaan diyakini telah berpengaruh terhadap degradasi lingkungan fisik perkotaan, ditandai dengan menurunnya kualitas udara dan meningkatnya urban heat islands (UHI).
Fatimah, R. N. (Rizka), Sobirin, S. (Sobirin)   +1 more
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Persistent cloud cover over mega-cities linked to surface heat release [PDF]

, 2019
Urban areas are a hotspot for the interactions between the built environment, its inhabitants, and weather. Unlike the impact of temperatures through the well-known urban heat island effect, urban effects on cloud formation remain unknown.
Barlow, Janet F., Grimmond, C. Sue B., Kotthaus, Simone, Teuling, Adriaan J., Theeuwes, Natalie E.   +4 more
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The polycentricity of urban population will lead to improvements in urban heat island effect: Evidence from the Yangtze river delta in China

Sustainable Futures
Currently, major cities globally are universally and actively implementing strategies for the polycentric development of urban spatial structures. However, the impacts of this strategy on the ecological environment and residents' lives require further ...
Cheng Wang, Jingyuan Chen, Qinpei Wang, Dan Li, Meng Zhu, Zhiqiang Gan, Menglin Qin, Yunbin Zhang   +7 more
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Urban heat island classification through alternative normalized difference vegetation index [PDF]

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Urban heat island is characterized by higher temperatures in urban areas compared to their surroundings. Vegetation, quantified by the normalized difference vegetation index, is key in mitigating urban heat island effects and ...
N. Chanpichaigosol, C. Chaichana, D. Rinchumphu   +2 more
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Identifikasi Urban Heat Island di Kota Surakarta [PDF]

, 2017
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pola suhu permukaan dan suhu udara di Kota Surakarta pada tahun 2015, menganalisis fenomena Urban Heat Island (UHI) di Kota Surakarta, dan menganalisis strategi untuk mengurangi fenomena UHI.
A, Sudibyakto H. (H), Wulandari, R. (Retno)   +1 more
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Urban Heat Island dan Upaya Penanganannya [PDF]

, 2015
Abstrak: Fenomena urban heat island (UHI) merupakan suatu fenomena yang banyak di kaji oleh para pengkaji iklim di dunia, termasuk di Indonesia.
Maru, Rosmini
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Monitoring the impact of land cover change on surface urban heat island through google earth engine. Proposal of a global methodology, first applications and problems [PDF]

, 2018
All over the world, the rapid urbanization process is challenging the sustainable development of our cities. In 2015, the United Nation highlighted in Goal 11 of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) the importance to "Make cities inclusive, safe ...
Crespi, Mattia Giovanni, Di Rico, Clarissa, Leuzzi, Giovanni, Monti, Paolo, Nascetti, Andrea, Ravanelli, Roberta, Valeria Cirigliano, Raffaella   +6 more
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Identification of Thermal Environment Networks in the Wanjiang Urban Agglomeration Based on MSPA and Circuit Theory

Land
With the acceleration of urbanization, the high density and intensity of urban construction and expansion have led to an exacerbation of the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which, in turn, contributes to global climate warming and severely impacts urban ...
Yuexia Han, Bin Dong, Zhili Xu, Jianshen Qu, Hao Wang, Liwen Xu   +5 more
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