Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure: Drivers, effectiveness, and future needs

P Kumar, SE Debele, S Khalili, CH Halios, J Sahani… - The Innovation, 2024‏ - cell.com
The combination of urbanization and global warming leads to urban overheating and
compounds the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events due to climate change. Yet …

[HTML][HTML] A review on evapotranspiration estimation in agricultural water management: Past, present, and future

S Wanniarachchi, R Sarukkalige - Hydrology, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a major component of the water cycle and agricultural water
balance. Estimation of water consumption over agricultural areas is important for agricultural …

The role of urban trees in reducing land surface temperatures in European cities

J Schwaab, R Meier, G Mussetti, S Seneviratne… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Urban trees influence temperatures in cities. However, their effectiveness at mitigating urban
heat in different climatic contexts and in comparison to treeless urban green spaces has not …

Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban …

Z Yu, J Chen, J Chen, W Zhan, C Wang, W Ma… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Previousstudies on the cooling of urban vegetation mainly focused on its transpiration or
shading effect separately, neglecting to explore the combined evapotranspiration-shading …

Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally

Y Li, JC Svenning, W Zhou, K Zhu, JF Abrams… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Climate warming disproportionately impacts countries in the Global South by increasing
extreme heat exposure. However, geographic disparities in adaptation capacity are unclear …

Quantifying the impact of urban trees on land surface temperature in global cities

T He, Y Hu, A Guo, Y Chen, J Yang, M Li… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Urban trees are not only a core component of natural infrastructure but also an effective way
to mitigate urban heat with nature-based solutions. Comprehensively revealing the cooling …

Climate change and public health in California: A structured review of exposures, vulnerable populations, and adaptation measures

M Jerrett, R Connolly, DA Garcia-Gonzales… - Proceedings of the …, 2024‏ - pnas.org
California faces several serious direct and indirect climate exposures that can adversely
affect public health, some of which are already occurring. The public health burden now and …

Urban green space and albedo impacts on surface temperature across seven United States cities

IA Smith, MP Fabian, LR Hutyra - Science of The Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Extreme heat represents a growing threat to public health, especially across the densely
populated, developed landscape of cities. Climate adaptation strategies that aim to manage …

Meteorological flash droughts risk projections based on CMIP6 climate change scenarios

V Sreeparvathy, VV Srinivas - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2022‏ - nature.com
Meteorological flash droughts (MFDs) are sub-seasonal-to-seasonal drought phenomena
characterized by rapid onset/intensification. This study assesses the changes in trends and …

[HTML][HTML] Greater local cooling effects of trees across globally distributed urban green spaces

J Kim, A Khouakhi, R Corstanje… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Urban green spaces (UGS) are an effective mitigation strategy for urban heat islands (UHIs)
through their evapotranspiration and shading effects. Yet, the extent to which local UGS …