Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Synthesizes theoretical and applied research on urban heat islands, from formation to mitigation, analyzing cases from cities across the globe

Ansar Khan (Edited by), Hashem Akbari (Edited by), Francesco Fiorito (Edited by), Sk Mithun (Edited by), Dev Niyogi (Edited by)

9780323855396, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 20 June 2022

404 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.45 kg

Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation provides a comprehensive picture of global UHI micro-thermal interaction in different built environments. The book explains physical principles and how to moderate undesirable consequences of swift and haphazard urban development to create more sustainable and resilient cities. Sections provide extensive discussion on numerous UHI mitigation technologies and their effectiveness in cities around the globe. In addition, the book proposes novel UHI mitigation technologies and strategies while also assessing the effectiveness and suitability of UHI mitigation interventions in various climates and urban forms.

1. Mapping and management of urban shade assets: a novel approach for promoting climatic urban action 2. Vulnerability to the urban heat islands effect in the Global North and the Global South: assessment of the drivers and mitigation strategies 3. Luminescence for the built environment: from lighting to urban heat island mitigation purposes 4. Urban heat island: land cover changes, management, and mitigation strategies 5. Use of landscape metrics for the mitigation of the surface urban heat island effect in Mediterranean cities 6. Effects of land use composition and pattern on land surface temperature: an urban heat island study in the megacities of Scotland, UK, using time series of landsat TM/ETM D data 7. Urban heat island mitigation and adaptation in China: policies and practices 8. Climatic control of outdoor spaces in the Universal Exposition 1992 (EXPO’92) 9. Open space and built form metrics: identification and implementation of strategies to mitigate UHI in tropical climates 10. StEMAIRF-BGI as a tool for UHI mitigation using land use planning and designing 11. Urban heat island effect in India: assessment, impacts, and mitigation 12. Urban heat island in Latin American cities: a review of trends, impacts, and mitigation strategies 13. Air quality and heat-related health impacts of increasing urban greenery cover 14. Visualization of landuse change pattern and its impact on Urban Heat Islands 15. Surface urban heat islands in 33 medium-sized cities across different climates in Chile 16. Investigating the intra-urban urban heat island effect for two subtropical mega-urban regions in China by adopting local climate zone 17. Impact of urban cool strategies on energy performance of HVAC systems in a dense urban district of a Mediterranean city, Beirut, Lebanon

Subject Areas: Human geography [RGC], Urban communities [JFSG]