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Numerical investigation of urban heat island effect in various urban forms

Energy and Built Environment
s: The urban heat island effect is a widespread phenomenon in major cities worldwide, exerting significant impacts on urban environments, human health, and energy consumption, thus attracting extensive research interest.
Tingzhen Ming, Yachen Liu, Tianhao Shi, Chong Peng, Yanhua Chen, Renaud de Richter, Yueping Fang   +6 more
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The Influence of Urban Green Systems on the Urban Heat Island Effect in London [PDF]

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
Abstract Urban areas are typically warmer than rural ones. This is mainly due to denser configuration dominated by impermeable surfaces such as buildings and roads, compared to rural areas which are less densely built and mainly dominated by open spaces.
Taher, Hashem, Elsharkawy, Heba, Newport, Darryl   +2 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 Conferences
The 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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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAND USE/LAND COVER AND LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN TABRIZ FROM 2000 TO 2017 [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019
Urban Heat Island (UHI) refers to the development of higher urban temperatures of an urban area compared to the temperatures of surrounding suburban and rural areas.
A. Tahooni, A. A. Kakroodi
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Impact of Desert Urbanization on Urban Heat Islands Effect

Open Journal of Geology, 2020
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone major urban transformation after the establishment of the country in 1971. One noticeable change is urban expansion in terms of massive infrastructure, including new residential areas, highways, airports, and sophisticated transportation systems.
Latifa Saeed Al Blooshi, Abdelgadir Abuelgasim, Ahmad Nassar, Taoufik Ksiksi   +3 more
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Urban gardening for mitigating heat island effect

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2023
AbstractExcess anthropogenic CO2in the atmosphere above urban areas can create an isolated heat island closely related to dense cities. Adding more green spaces may be strenuous because of the lack of public spaces. The upgrowth of the human population, along with anthropogenic activities, is the critical factor that escalates the effect of the urban ...
N Humaida, M H Saputra, null Sutomo, Y Hadiyan   +3 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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Causal effect of PM2.5 on the urban heat island

Frontiers in Big Data
The planet is experiencing global warming, with an increasing number of heat waves worldwide. Cities are particularly affected by the high temperatures because of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. This phenomenon is mostly explained by the land cover changes, reduced green spaces, and the concentration of infrastructure in urban settings.
Rybarczyk, Yves, Zalakeviciute, Rasa, Ereminaite, Marija, Costa-Stolz, Ivana   +3 more
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Research on Urban Heat-Island Effect

Procedia Engineering, 2016
Urban heat island (UHI) effect is a kind of heat accumulation phenomenon within urban area due to urban construction and human activities. It is recognized as the most evident characteristic of urban climate. The increase of land surface temperature caused by UHI effect will definitely influence material flow and energy flow in urban ecological systems,
Yang, Li, Qian, Feng, Song, De-Xuan, Zheng, Ke-Jia   +3 more
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Bridging Horizontal to Vertical Radiative Cooling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Radiative cooling materials are mature but only work facing the sky, confining them to rooftops. Instead of developing new ones, this system bridges existing horizontal coolers to vertical windows using blades outside the glass. On an occupied urban building, windows stay up to 1.4°C below air temperature while preserving daylight, outward views, and ...
Xiangyu Meng, Gan Huang
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