Precipitation is a key link in the global water cycle and a proxy for changing climate;
therefore, proper assessment of the urban environment's impact on precipitation (land use …

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the actual knowledge on the atmospheric
pollution sources, transport, transformation and levels in the East Mediterranean. It focuses …

The effect of urban development on local thermal climate is widely documented in scientific
literature. Observations of urban–rural air temperature differences—or urban heat islands …

Over the last 50 years the develo** world, much of which is located in (sub) tropical
regions, has seen a dramatic growth of its urban population associated with serious …

Hot temperatures in combination with high humidity cause human discomfort and may
increase morbidity and mortality. A global climate model with an embedded urban model is …

Motivated by the international tendency to improve the urban microclimate, minimize
building energy consumption and improve air quality, this paper carries out a literature …

Rapid urban population growth, air pollution emissions, and changing patterns of disease in
African cities may increase the burden of air pollution-related morbidity and mortality in …

We conducted microclimate simulations in ENVI-Met 3.1 to evaluate the impact of vegetation
in lowering temperatures during an extreme heat event in an urban core neighborhood park …

Traffic emissions, overpopulation, and poor urban planning have degraded the
environmental quality of the Greater Cairo megacity. As road dust is considered the main …

Urbanization-induced atmospheric moisture changes, embodied as urban moisture island
(UMI) and urban dry island (UDI) effects, are not as thoroughly understood as the urban heat …