Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

Lower urban humidity moderates outdoor heat stress

T Chakraborty, ZS Venter, Y Qian, X Lee - Agu Advances, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Surface temperature is often used to examine heat exposure in multi‐city studies and for
informing urban heat mitigation efforts due to scarcity of urban air temperature …

Urbanization amplified asymmetrical changes of rainfall and exacerbated drought: Analysis over five urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Basin, China

S Huang, Y Gan, X Zhang, N Chen, C Wang… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization has become a prominent anthropogenic activity globally, resulting in the
substantial modification of temperature and rainfall in and around urban areas. Studies also …

Residential segregation and outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the United States

TC Chakraborty, AJ Newman, Y Qian, A Hsu, G Sheriff - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
The combined impact of urbanization-induced warming and drying on large-scale heat
stress disparities remains unknown, with multicity studies using satellite-derived land …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying groups at-risk to extreme heat: intersections of age, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status

A Clark, S Grineski, DS Curtis, ESL Cheung - Environment international, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic climate change has resulted in a significant rise in extreme heat events,
exerting considerable but unequal impacts on morbidity and mortality. Numerous studies …

Survey of extreme heat public health preparedness plans and response activities in the most populous jurisdictions in the United States

NA Errett, C Hartwell, JM Randazza, A Nori-Sarma… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Increasingly frequent and intense extreme heat events (EHEs) are indicative of
climate change impacts, and urban areas' social and built environments increase their risk …

The extreme heat wave of summer 2021 in Athens (Greece): cumulative heat and exposure to heat stress

D Founda, G Katavoutas, F Pierros, N Mihalopoulos - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean has been identified as a 'climate change hot spot', already experiencing
faster warming rates than the global average, along with an increased occurrence of heat …

Contrasting effects of lake breeze and urbanization on heat stress in Chicago metropolitan area

J Wang, Y Qian, W Pringle, TC Chakraborty, R Hetland… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
This study used the latest Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model coupled with
multilayer urban canopy models to investigate contrasting effects from urbanization and lake …

Urban heat islands characterized by six thermal indicators

C Wang, W Zhan, L Li, S Wang, C Wang, S Miao… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect alters local thermal environment and affects thermal
comfort of urban dwellers. However, the similarities and differences of the UHI when …

Thermal hazards in urban spaces: A review of climate-resilient planning and design to reduce the heat stress

A Gupta, B De, S Das, M Mukherjee - Urban Climate, 2025 - Elsevier
Thermal hazards are a growing concern for cities through the urban heat island (UHI) effect,
leading to increased mortality rates, greater energy consumption, and distressing social …