Urban Climate Change and Heat Islands
Characterization, Impacts, and Mitigation

A summary of the characterization of urban climate, synergies and changes, intra-urban climate variability, environmental and health implications, and potential countermeasures

Riccardo Paolini (Edited by), Matthaios Santamouris (Edited by)

9780128189771

Paperback, published 17 November 2022

352 pages, 130 illustrations (80 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.45 kg

Approx.340 pages

1. Urban Climate Change: Reasons, Magnitude, Impact and Mitigation 2. Experimental and Monitoring Techniques to Map and Document Urban Climate Change 3. Synergies and exacerbation: Effects of warmer weather and climate change 4. Macro, Meso, and Micro-scale Simulation Techniques to Document Urban Climate Change 5. Urban overheating: Energy, Environmental and heat-health implications 6. Fighting Urban Climate Change: State of the Art of Mitigation Technologies 7. Environmental Energy and Health Impact of Urban Mitigation

Subject Areas: Climate change [RNPG]