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Designing out the urban heat island effect [PDF]
, 2012 As the global population reaches an all time high and shows no sign of slowing, and the urban population outnumbers the rural population for the first time in human history, the social, economic and environmental issues faced by those living in urban ...
Grierson, David, Munro, Karen Elizabeth
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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. +4 more
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On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity
Nature Communications, 2020 The canopy layer urban heat island (UHI) effect, as manifested by elevated near-surface air temperatures in urban areas, exposes urban dwellers to additional heat stress in many cities, specially during heat waves.
Yunfei Li +3 more
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CivilEng, 2021 Economic and social development of urban and rural areas continues in parallel with the increase of the human population, especially in developing countries, which leads to sustained expansion of impervious surface areas, particularly paved surfaces. The
S. Vujović +4 more
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Urban Heat Island and Vulnerable Population. The Case of Madrid [PDF]
, 2017 The Urban Heat Island effect shows the differences among temperatures in urban areas and the surrounding rural ones. Previous studies have demonstrated that temperature differences could be up to 8 °C during the hottest periods of summer in Madrid , and ...
A López Gómez +13 more
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, 2021 Heat waves are unusually high temperature events over consecutive days and may cause adverse impacts such as morbidity and mortality. The interaction between heat waves and urban heat island (UHI) effects has remained a subject of debate, as some studies
Lup Wai Chew +3 more
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LandWith 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 +5 more
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Application of Optimized Sensible Heat Flux Calculation Combining Low-Pass Filtering and Wavelet Transform in the Study of Urban Thermal Environment in Jiangsu Province [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe urban heat island effect is a common phenomenon during urbanization, characterized by significantly higher temperatures in urban areas compared to surrounding rural areas.
Du Diwei
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Land, 2023 Urban heat islands have garnered significant attention due to their potential impact on human life. Previous studies on urban heat islands have focused on characterizing temporal and spatial variations over longer periods of time.
Cong Wen +10 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) +1 more
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