Climate Change and Cooling Cities

This edited book provides a solid foundation for future research on cooling cities, climate change impacts on cities and urban environments, and innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies. With ever-increasing climate change impacts on our living environments and continuous calamities and natur...

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Cheshmehzangi, Ali (Editor), He, Bao-Jie (Editor), Sharifi, Ayyoob (Editor), Matzarakis, Andreas (Editor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
Colección:Urban Sustainability,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3675-5
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the Book – Climate Change and Cities
  • Concepts, Theories, and Trends
  • Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies
  • Biophilic Design
  • Warming Cities in Pakistan
  • Rethinking Urban Heat Island
  • Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
  • Contribution of Water Bodies to the Mitigation of UHI Effect in Urban Canyon
  • The Challenges of Cooling Rapidly Growing Cities
  • Traditional Dwellings in Four Middle Eastern Cities: Adaptation Strategies to Harsh Climate
  • Urban Thermal Environment Under Urban Expansion
  • Climate-responsive Design
  • Dynamic Annual Solstice Patterns and Static Urban Morphology
  • SkyHelios and RayMan Model
  • Policies
  • Urbanisation and Urban Heat Islands in Mekong Delta City
  • Thermal Comfort Assessment Frameworks
  • Climate Justice in Vulnerable Groups
  • Perspective of Biometeorology of Tropical Climate
  • Conclusions and Future Directions.