Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat

NH Wong, CL Tan, DD Kolokotsa… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The absence of vegetation in urban areas contributes to the establishment of the urban heat
island, markedly increasing thermal stress for residents, driving morbidity and mortality …

Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with …

M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Urban overheating is documented for more than 400 major cities in the world. Numerous
experimental data show that the magnitude of the average temperature increase may …

[HTML][HTML] Present and future energy consumption of buildings: Challenges and opportunities towards decarbonisation

M Santamouris, K Vasilakopoulou - e-Prime-Advances in Electrical …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The present article aims to present and discuss the energy and environmental reality in the
building sector and critically investigate the future pathways towards its decarbonisation …

The impact of urbanization and climate change on urban temperatures: a systematic review

S Chapman, JEM Watson, A Salazar, M Thatcher… - Landscape …, 2017‏ - Springer
Context Cities have elevated temperatures compared to rural areas, a phenomenon known
as the “urban heat island”. Higher temperatures increase the risk of heat-related mortality …

Interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves

L Zhao, M Oppenheimer, Q Zhu… - Environmental …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Heat waves (HWs) are among the most damaging climate extremes to human society.
Climate models consistently project that HW frequency, severity, and duration will increase …

Quantifying cooling benefits of cool roofs and walls applied in building clusters by scaled outdoor experiments

M Lu, L Zeng, Q Li, J Hang, J Hua, X Wang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cool coating on building surfaces is a promising technique for cooling cities in summer.
However, field measurements considering building clusters coupling cool roofs and/or cool …

Review on the impact of urban geometry and pedestrian level greening on outdoor thermal comfort

E Jamei, P Rajagopalan, M Seyedmahmoudian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The number of hot days is increasing in many parts of the world because of the heat island
phenomenon and global climate change. High air temperature greatly affects human …

Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers

D Zhou, S Zhao, S Liu, L Zhang, C Zhu - Remote sensing of environment, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Urban heat island (UHI) is a major anthropogenic alteration on Earth environments and its
geospatial pattern remains poorly understood over large areas. Using MODIS data from …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of existing heat-health warning systems in Europe

A Casanueva, A Burgstall, S Kotlarski… - International journal of …, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
The frequency of extreme heat events, such as the summer of 2003 in Europe, and their
corresponding consequences for human beings are expected to increase under a warmer …