Urban Overheating - Progress on Mitigation Science and Engineering Applications

• Main Author: Santamouris, Matheos (auth)
• Other Authors: Zinzi, Michele (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Meteorology & climatology; emissivity; mobile temperature observations; urban heat island; urban vegetation; urban overheating; spectral analysis; Beirut; urban heat island index; land surface temperature; ENVI-met; air quality; albedo; climatic perception; overheating; urbanization; road surface; "cold spots"; Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF); urban remote sensing; local climate zone; cooling technologies; Weather Research and Forecasting model; cool surfaces; outdoor thermal comfort; energy savings; air temperature; measurement; urbanized WRF; mitigation measures; Euramet; heat health; surface cool island effect; urban-climate archipelago; sky view factor; urban climate archipelago; open science; cool roofs; urban energy balance; road lighting; urban climatology; material characterization; urban climate; thermal comfort; air and surface temperature measurements; cool pavements; multi-objective optimization; empirical line method; calculation; urban cooling; multifractal analysis; urban heat mitigation; genetic algorithm; heat stress; "hot spots"; subtropical climate; EMPIR 16NRM02; building energy performance; multiple linear regression; built-up area; thermal emittance; urban morphology; cost-optimal analysis; building retrofit; sustainability; mitigation strategies; luminance coefficient; office buildings; GIS; structure functions analysis; solar reflectance; park cool island; solar reflectance index; urban open space; building scale; meteorological modeling; shading; surface albedo; summer heat stress; cool materials; land cover fraction; micro-climate simulations; energy simulation; urban microclimate; urban development; Physiologically Equivalent Temperature; cool facades; green area; ageing; MODIS downscaling; spectral reflectance; fine-resolution meteorological modeling; urban areas; morphological indicator; lifecycle analysis; non-constructible parcels; WRF-Chem
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The combination of global warming and urban sprawl is the origin of the most hazardous climate change effect detected at urban level: Urban Heat Island, representing the urban overheating respect to the countryside surrounding the city. This book includes 18 papers representing the state of the art...