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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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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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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, CJ Tomlinson, DP Johnson, DP Johnson, DR Culqui, EM Fischer, F Simon, J Díaz, J Klein Rosenthal, M Núñez Peiró, MS Wong, R Basu, SL Harlan, TR Oke   +13 more
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal, Cristina Sanz‐Cuadrado, Kiane Alves e Silva, Luis Narvarte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the Impact of Urban Planning and Building Typologies in Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Buildings, 2022
Urban and building typologies have a serious impact on the urban climate and determine at large the magnitude of the urban overheating and urban heat island intensity.
D. Kolokotsa, Katerina Lilli, Kostas Gobakis, Angeliki Mavrigiannaki, S. Haddad, S. Garshasbi, Hamed Reza Heshmat Mohajer, R. Paolini, K. Vasilakopoulou, Carlos Bartesaghi, D. Prasad, M. Santamouris   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Nonadherence and uncontrolled arterial hypertension in Croatia—Insights from the May Measurement Month 2023 campaign and Hunting the silent killer programme

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To determine the prevalence of non‐adherence to antihypertensive medicines and to identify demographic and behavioral factors associated with non‐adherence in subjects enrolled in the May Measurement Month (MMM) 2023, as part of the permanent public health action Hunting the silent killer.
Valerija Bralić Lang, Ana Soldo, Olgica Velkovski Škopić, Sunčana Vlah Tomičević, Tin Šaban, Andrej Belančić, Ana Jelaković, Josipa Josipović, Mihaela Marinović Glavić, Ivan Pećin, Luka Prgomet, Tajana Željković Vrkić, Bojan Jelaković   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Diurnal Variation in Urban Heat Island Intensity in Birmingham: The Relationship between Nocturnal Surface and Canopy Heat Islands

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, Ali Mamtimin, Jiali Feng, Yu Wang, Fan Yang, Wen Huo, Chenglong Zhou, Rui Li, Meiqi Song, Jiacheng Gao, Ailiyaer Aihaiti   +10 more
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Quantifying diurnal and seasonal variation of surface urban heat island intensity and its associated determinants across different climatic zones over Indian cities

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2021
Surface urban heat island (SUHI) is a major anthropogenic alteration of Earth’s surface and can influence the local thermal environment by altering the surface energy flux balances. Researchers have paid much attention to SUHI studies in the last decades;
Pir Mohammad, A. Goswami
semanticscholar   +1 more source