Survivability under Overheating The impact of Regional and Global Climate Change on Vulnerable and Low Income Population

• Other Authors: Synnefa, Afroditi (Editor), Haddad, Shamila (Editor), Rajagopalan, Priya (Editor), Santamouris, Matthaios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Mediterranean; semi-arid; drought; standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI); climate warming; soil moisture; urban heat islands; environmental justice; climate change; redlining; heatwave; diurnal temperature range; time-series; relative risk; health; transpiration cooling; coastal cities; sap flow; subtropical desert climate; urban overheating; cluster analysis; air temperature; wind speed and wind directions; synoptic conditions; urban heat island; mitigation; resilience; survivability; low-income population
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The present book discusses three significant challenges of the built environment, namely regional and global climate change, vulnerability, and survivability under the changing climate. Synergies between local climate change, energy consumption of buildings and energy poverty, and health risks highl...