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Development and appraisal of long-term adaptation pathways for managing heat-risk in London
Climate Risk Management, 2017 The risk of residential overheating and mortality is increasing due to the effects of global warming and the urban heat island effect and needs to be addressed through climate change adaptation.
Ashley Kingsborough +2 more
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LandThe implementation of sponge cities in China modifies the hydrological conditions of the underlying surface, effectively alleviating the urban heat island effect.
Qingjuan Yang, Ziqi Lin, Qiaozi Li
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Ecological IndicatorsThe Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a major environmental challenge in global urbanization. As urbanization progresses, the UHI effect in individual cities has expanded regionally, forming Regional Heat Islands (RHI). However, strategies for mitigating
Qunyue Liu +10 more
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Impact of Urbanization on Global and Regional Humid Heat and Population Humid Heat Exposure [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesExtreme heat events pose great threats to public health and socioeconomic development, particularly in cities where the urban heat island (UHI) effect can exacerbate heat stress.
Xu Jiawei
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Towards a dynamic model for the Urban Heat Island of Madrid [PDF]
, 2015 Present research is framed within the project MODIFICA (MODelo predictivo - edIFIcios - Isla de Calor urbanA) aimed at developing a predictive model for dwelling energy performance under the urban heat island effect in order to implement it in the ...
Neila González, Francisco Javier +3 more
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Network optimization for enhanced resilience of urban heat island measurements [PDF]
, 2015 The urban heat island is a well-known phenomenon that impacts a wide variety of city operations. With greater availability of cheap meteorological sensors, it is possible to measure the spatial patterns of urban atmospheric characteristics with greater ...
Grimmond, C. S. B. +3 more
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Landsat surface temperature data analysis for urban heat resilience: case study of Adelaide [PDF]
, 2017 Meeting: CUPUM 2017: 15th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (11-14 July 2017 Adelaide, Australia )Smarter urban futures require resilient built environment in the context of climate change.
Boland, J +3 more
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Atmosphere, 2018 Atmospheric blocking is a long standing structure stalled in the mid-troposphere which is often associated with extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, flood and cold air outbreak. A striking atmospheric blocking is identified to persist over
Li Dong +3 more
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Hotterdam: mapping the Rotterdam urban heat island
Проект Байкал, 2015 The urban heat island is considered to be one of the contemporary health aspects that cities urgently need to respond to. The Hotterdam research project addresses the Rotterdam urban heat island, in order to explain the links between the health of the ...
Frank van der Hoeven, Alexander Wandl
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A statistical model for estimating mean maximum urban heat island [PDF]
, 2003 Investigations concentrated on the urban heat island (UHI) in its strongest development during the diurnal cycle. Task includes development of statistical models in the heating and non-heating seasons using urban surface parameters (built-up and water ...
Balázs, Bernadett +4 more
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