Background: Urban populations are highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of heat, with
heat-related mortality showing intra-urban variations that are likely due to differences in …

In warming Europe, we are witnessing a growth in urban population with aging trend, which
will make the society more exposed and vulnerable to extreme weather events. In the period …

While climate change projections for the Mediterranean region indicate an increased
exposure to heatwaves (HW), such prospects are particularly challenging in urban areas …

To date, top-down approaches have played a fundamental role in expanding the
comprehension of both existing, and future, climatological patterns. In liaison, the focus …

Lisbon is a European Mediterranean city, greatly exposed to heatwaves (HW), according to
recent trends and climate change prospects. Considering the Atlantic influence, air …

Local governments face increasing pressure to define land-use policies to enhance local
sustainable development. This requires the development of urban planning tools that can …

In this study UHI in Lisbon's Metropolitan Area (LMA) is analyzed through Local Weather
Types (LWT) using an air temperature dataset produced by Copernicus. Over 61,000 hourly …

The study of the urban heat island (UHI) is of great importance in the context of climate
change, where increasingly frequent and intense extreme thermal events will generate …

Within the contemporary city, the effects of urban climatology are increasingly elucidating the
need for further climate responsive environments. So far however, and as global climate …

In this study, an evaluation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Park Cool Island (PCI)
intensities in Aracaju, North-Eastern Brazil, was performed. The basis of our evaluation is a …