Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

M Manso, I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of
urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green …

Impact of land cover changes on land surface temperature and human thermal comfort in Dhaka city of Bangladesh

HM Imran, A Hossain, AKMS Islam, A Rahman… - Earth Systems and …, 2021 - Springer
Urbanization leads to the construction of various urban infrastructures in the city area for
residency, transportation, industry, and other purposes, which causes major land use …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions efficiency evaluation against natural hazards: Modelling methods, advantages and limitations

P Kumar, SE Debele, J Sahani, N Rawat… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risks (HMRs) reduction and
management are becoming increasingly popular, but challenges such as the lack of well …

How can urban parks be planned to mitigate urban heat island effect in “Furnace cities”? An accumulation perspective

X Yao, K Yu, X Zeng, Y Lin, B Ye, X Shen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks are a major blue–green infrastructure in urban ecosystems, and they are widely
regarded as being extremely effective in mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect caused …

Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements

J Yang, Y Wang, C ** urban heat islands and heat-related risk during heat waves from a climate justice perspective: A case study in the municipality of Padua (Italy) for …
SE Pappalardo, C Zanetti, V Todeschi - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has led to a dramatic increase in extreme events worldwide. Predictions for
a+ 1.5° C world indicate that 13.8% of the global population will be exposed to heat waves …

Green roof as an effective tool for sustainable urban development: An Australian perspective in relation to stormwater and building energy management

MA Alim, A Rahman, Z Tao, B Garner, R Griffith… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure could provide a suite of benefits, including stormwater management
and climate change impact mitigation. While European countries, the USA and Canada are …

Review on the cooling potential of green roofs in different climates

E Jamei, HW Chau, M Seyedmahmoudian… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The combined trends of urban heat island (UHI) intensification and global warming led to an
increased tendency towards on the greening of cities as a tool for UHI mitigation. Our study …

Photovoltaic-green roofs: A review of benefits, limitations, and trends

M Shafique, X Luo, J Zuo - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Photovoltaic (PV)-green roofs, a new development integrating the PV system with a
green roof, provide additional benefits for renewable electricity production as compared to …