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Long-Term Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Influencing Factors of Remotely Sensed Regional Heat Island Effect in the Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration

Land
The urban heat island effect (UHI) has become a major challenge for sustainable urban development. In recent decades, the significant development of urban agglomerations has intensified the complex interaction and comprehensive impact of the UHI effect ...
Yunling He, Ning Pu, Xiaohua Zhang, Chunyan Wu, Wu Tang   +4 more
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WRF-urban canopy model evaluation for the assessment of heat island and thermal comfort over an urban airshed in India under varying land use/land cover conditions

Geoscience Letters, 2018
Urban heat island effect has been assessed using weather research and forecasting model (WRF v3.5) focusing on air temperature and surface skin temperature in the sub-tropical urban Indian megacity of Delhi. Impact of urbanization-related changes in land
Shweta Bhati, Manju Mohan
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Cool, translucent natural envelope. Thermal-optics characteristics experimental assessment and thermal-energy and day lighting analysis [PDF]

, 2017
Innovative construction elements are increasingly studied to improve the energy performance of new and existing buildings, to satisfy global regulations and societal needs.
Cotana, Franco, Ferrero, Marco, Pisello, Anna Laura, Rosso, Federica   +3 more
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Nature‐Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer, Stefano Ceolotto, Niall Farrell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Will skyscrapers save the planet? [PDF]

, 2014
This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting.
Borck, Rainald
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Comparison of software models for energy savings from cool roofs [PDF]

, 2016
A web-based Roof Savings Calculator (RSC) has been deployed for the United States Department of Energy as an industry-consensus tool to help building owners, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and researchers easily run complex roof and attic ...
Huang, Y, Levinson, R, Miller, WA, New, J   +3 more
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Governing Positive Energy Districts: The Role of Legitimation and Identity Across Residential and Industrial Contexts

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing electricity demand from data centres, industrial applications, electric vehicles and domestic heating is creating pressure to develop electricity systems in many parts of the world, but especially in Western countries. In response to challenges such as grid congestion, interconnection queues and climate‐related hazards, network ...
Jussi Valta, Tuomas Vanhanen, Tuomo Joensuu, Saku Mäkinen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disproportionate exposure to urban heat island intensity – The case study of Győr, Hungary

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Extensive research has shown that urbanisation has a profound effect on the local climate system, leading to the formation of urban heat island.
Eszter Szemerédi, Sándor Remsei
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Forecasting Natural Gas Futures Price Volatility of the United States: National Versus State‐Level Climate Concern Indexes

Journal of Futures Markets, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper uses GARCH‐MIDAS to predict US natural gas futures volatility using national and state‐level Climate Concern Indexes (CCIs). We find that both national and state‐level CCIs positively affect price volatility. Notably, models using state‐level data—specifically those utilizing least‐squares (LS) weighting combinations—surpass the ...
Afees A. Salisu, Ahamuefula E. Ogbonna, Rangan Gupta, Onur Polat   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigation strategies for regional heat island effects: integrated network construction of cold and heat islands

Ecological Indicators
The 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, Huimin Zhang, Jiaxin Peng, Qi Li, Ting Liu, Feng Hu, He Huang, Yuanping Shen, Baojian Ye, Yourui Guo, Hongxin Wang   +10 more
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