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Spatio-temporal analysis of urban heat island (UHI) and its effect on urban ecology: The case of Mekelle city, Northern Ethiopia. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The bio-geophysical effects of land cover classes are considered to be an important factor in land surface temperature variations between urban and suburban areas.
Tesfamariam S, Govindu V, Uncha A.
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Overview of urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon towards human thermal comfort [PDF]
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2017 Urban Heat Island (UHI) is expected to be a disastrous challenge to human in the following decade as a result of continuous urbanization without appropriate planning and design.
Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan +5 more
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Quantifying the urban heat island (UHI) intensity in Hong Kong
, 2011 The definition and quantification of urban heat island (UHI), the air temperature differences between urban and rural areas, remains problematic. This is due, in large part, to the difficulty of operationalizing the terms “urban” and “rural”, especially with regard to classifying the weather stations that provide data.
Leong Wai Siu
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An Investigation into Minimizing Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects: A UK Perspective
Energy Procedia, 2014 AbstractCities are major sources of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and the effects of mass urbanization upon the environment have now become clear. Great opportunities exist within cities for tackling climate change. Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomenon where significant temperature difference between inner micro-climates of a city and their
Christopher O’Malley +3 more
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Statistically Validated Urban Heat Island Risk Indicators for UHI Susceptibility Assessment [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 This research proposes a collection of urban heat island (UHI) risk indicators under four UHI risk components: hazard, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. There are 46 UHI risk indicators linked to three pillars of sustainability: social equity, economic viability, and environmental protection.
Nawhath Thanvisitthpon
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Investigating the synergies between the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Heatwaves (HWs) [PDF]
, 2022 Abstract South Asian cities are now experiencing high-intensity of heatwaves. Heatwaves (HWs) severely threaten human health, particularly in urbanized areas more susceptible to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Due to climate change, heatwaves are becoming stronger, coupled with the intensity of urbanization, exacerbating the thermal risk ...
Faisal Nadeem +3 more
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Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects in Canadian Cities
Buildings, 2022 Canada is warming at double the rate of the global average caused in part to a fast-growing population and large land transformations, where urban surfaces contribute significantly to the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon. The federal government released the strengthened climate plan in 2020, which emphasizes using nature-based solutions (NBSs) to ...
Hayes, Alexander Thomas +7 more
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Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis [PDF]
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2015 Urbanisation may have been shown to have no effect on climate change, but some researchers suggest that cities are fully capable of responding to it. Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) represent dense urban areas within cities where the temperature is recorded to be higher than the neighbouring areas or those located in suburbia.
O'Malley, Christopher +3 more
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Surface Urban Heat Island (S-UHI) investigations using remote sensing
, 2019 Deliverable Technical Report / Cooling Singapore, D1 ...
Conrad H. Philipp
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Green Roof Technology- Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 Las alteraciones en las superficies terrestres, que son atribuidas por las actividades humanas, especialmente en las ciudades, causan muchas implicaciones para el ecosistema. El aumento de los edificios en las ciudades refleja que el crecimiento de las actividades humanas dio como resultado un aumento significativo de la temperatura y un patrón más ...
Zaity Syazwani Mohd Odli +5 more
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