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

A Mediterranean city was studied to examine the Urban Heat Island (UHI), with near-surface
temperature measurements at five locations in both urban and suburban areas over a nine …

Urban planning must consider the outdoor thermal comfort of city dwellers, particularly in
cities where climate and the effects of climate change may severely influence human health …

There is substantial confusion in the literature concerning the appropriate reference
temperatures to use for the computation of heating-degree-day (HDD) and cooling-degree …

Abstract The Urban Heat Island effect concerns the higher air temperature in urban
environment with respect to the rural one. This phenomenon has been well known for …

Here we present, for the first time, a glossary of biometeorological terms. The glossary aims
to address the need for a reliable source of biometeorological definitions, thereby facilitating …

In this article, the relationships between some urban planning indicators (GCR, green cover
ratio; LCR, Lawn cover ratio; TCR, Tree cover ratio; SCR, street cover ratio; BCR, building …

The paper reports on the study of the UHI phenomenon in Padua, a medium size city of the
North-East of Italy. During the 2012–2014 period experimental measurements and …

In a context of urban warming, the effects of trees on outdoor thermal stress are important
even during the increasingly hot autumn season. This study examines the effects of a …

The carbon dioxide balance for the Municipality of Florence (102.3 km 2), with 29.1 km 2 of
green space within the built-up city and 46.6 km 2 in the semi-rural peri-urban area, shows …