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Reduced Urban Heat Island intensity under warmer conditions
Environmental Research Letters, 2018 The Urban Heat Island (UHI), the tendency for urban areas to be hotter than rural regions, represents a significant health concern in summer as urban populations are exposed to elevated temperatures.
Anna A Scott +2 more
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Increased temperature in urban ground as source of sustainable energy [PDF]
, 2016 This paper is part of the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (Sustainable City 2015). http://www.witconferences.comDensely urbanized areas are characterized by special microclimatic conditions with ...
Bayer, P. +3 more
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Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, 2015 Cities are frequently experiencing artificial heat stress, known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The UHI effect is commonly present in cities due to increased urbanization, where anthropogenic heat and human modifications have altered the ...
Ehsan Sharifi, Steffen Lehmann
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Atmospheric impacts on daytime urban heat island [PDF]
, 2018 Daytime urban heat island effects can be weak compared to night time and even reversed (as in the case of cool islands, where urban locations display lower temperatures than at a rural site), mostly due to shading effects from buildings, vegetation, and ...
Drach, Patricia +2 more
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Continent‐wide parallel urban evolution of increased heat tolerance in a common moth
Evolutionary ApplicationsUrbanization and its urban‐heat‐island effect (UHI) have expanding footprints worldwide. The UHI means that urban habitats experience a higher mean and more frequent extreme high temperatures than rural habitats, impacting the ontogeny and resilience of ...
Thomas Merckx +5 more
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Unravelling the relative contributions of climate change and ground disturbance to subsurface temperature perturbations: Case studies from Tyneside, UK [PDF]
, 2016 When assessing subsurface urban heat islands (UHIs) it is important to distinguish between localized effects of land-use change and the impacts of global climate change. However, few investigations have successfully unraveled the two influences.
Westaway, Rob, Younger, Paul L.
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Urban heat islands in China enhanced by haze pollution
Nature Communications, 2016 The impact of locally-sourced aerosols on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect has been difficult to quantify due to opposing long and shortwave radiation effects.
Chang Cao +6 more
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Simulating the influence of microclimatic design on mitigating the urban heat island effect in the Hangzhou metropolitan area of China [PDF]
, 2016 There are many indications that Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a significant contributor to the increased emission of greenhouse gases due to the increase in energy consumption for cooling during summer. Hangzhou is currently the second hottest city in China,
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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements. A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus [PDF]
, 2018 The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in order to better understand the multiple ...
Battisti, Alessandra +3 more
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AtmosphereThis study systematically reviews the development and application of remote sensing technology in monitoring and evaluating urban heat island (UHI) effects.
Lili Zhao, Xuncheng Fan, Tao Hong
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