Urban Climate and Adaptation Tools

• Other Authors: Georgiadis, Teodoro (Editor), Cremonini, Letizia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; ACCCRN; Climate change adaptation; institutionalising adaptation; hybrid institutionalism; mainstreaming resilience; urban resilience and adaptation; urban green system; ecosystem services; climate change benefits; resilient city; urban resilient development; green urban planning; pollution flow patterns; wind circulation patterns; emission inventory; criteria pollutants; Mexico City; urban heat island; urbanization; urban surface energy balance; fluidodynamic modeling; Envi-Met; human biometeorology; thermal comfort; interdisciplinarity; climate change adaptation; thermal sensitive design; web-based platform; early warning system; vulnerability simulations; flood risk maps; rainfall estimates; microwave links; CML; crowdsourcing; sensible targets; urban greening; UrbClim model; water bodies; systems change; innovation; nature-based solutions; cities; urban climate; open data; data sources; urban climate monitoring
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There is pressing evidence of phenomena, linked to meteorology and climate, which are modifying their temporal occurrence and which have a very evident impact on the safety and health of populations residing in cities. The urban problem at the beginning of the second set of twenty years of the new c...