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. Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. Foreword - p. Page viii 8. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 9. List of Tables - p. Page x 10. Chapter 1 : Mapping and management of urban shade assets: a novel approach for promoting climatic urban action - p. Page x 11. Chapter 2 : Vulnerability to the urban heat islands effect in the Global North and the Global South: assessment of the drivers and mitigation strategies - p. Page 21 12. Chapter 3 : Luminescence for the built environment: from lighting to urban heat island mitigation purposes - p. Page 41 13. Chapter 4 : Urban heat island: land cover changes, management, and mitigation strategies - p. Page 63 14. Chapter 5 : Use of landscape metrics for the mitigation of the surface urban heat island effect in Mediterranean cities - p. Page 91 15. Chapter 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+data - p. Page 106 16. Chapter 7 : Urban heat island mitigation and adaptation in China: policies and practices - p. Page 124 17. Chapter 8 : Climatic control of outdoor spaces in the Universal Exposition 1992 (EXPO'92) - p. Page 138 18. Chapter 9 : Open space and built form metrics: identification and implementation of strategies to mitigate UHI in tropical climates - p. Page 152 19. Chapter 10 : StEMAIRF-BGI as a tool for UHI mitigation using land use planning and designing - p. Page 174 20. Chapter 11 : Urban heat island effect in India: assessment, impacts, and mitigation - p. Page 194 21. Chapter 12 : Urban heat island in Latin American cities: a review of trends, impacts, and mitigation strategies - p. Page 238 22. Chapter 13 : Air quality and heat-related health impacts of increasing urban greenery cover - p. Page 265 23. Chapter 14 : Visualization of landuse change pattern and its impact on Urban Heat Islands - p. Page 295 24. Chapter 15 : Surface urban heat islands in 33 medium-sized cities across different climates in Chile - p. Page 319 25. Chapter 16 : Investigating the intra-urban urban heat island effect for two subtropical mega-urban regions in China by adopting local climate zone - p. Page 333 26. Chapter 17 : Impact of urban cool strategies on energy performance of HVAC systems in a dense urban district of a Mediterranean city, Beirut, Lebanon - p. Page 359 27. Index - p. Page 378
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. Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iv 6. List of contributors - p. Page iv 7. Foreword - p. Page viii 8. List of Illustrations - p. Page ix 9. List of Tables - p. Page x 10. Chapter 1 : Mapping and management of urban shade assets: a novel approach for promoting climatic urban action - p. Page x 11. Chapter 2 : Vulnerability to the urban heat islands effect in the Global North and the Global South: assessment of the drivers and mitigation strategies - p. Page 21 12. Chapter 3 : Luminescence for the built environment: from lighting to urban heat island mitigation purposes - p. Page 41 13. Chapter 4 : Urban heat island: land cover changes, management, and mitigation strategies - p. Page 63 14. Chapter 5 : Use of landscape metrics for the mitigation of the surface urban heat island effect in Mediterranean cities - p. Page 91 15. Chapter 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+data - p. Page 106 16. Chapter 7 : Urban heat island mitigation and adaptation in China: policies and practices - p. Page 124 17. Chapter 8 : Climatic control of outdoor spaces in the Universal Exposition 1992 (EXPO'92) - p. Page 138 18. Chapter 9 : Open space and built form metrics: identification and implementation of strategies to mitigate UHI in tropical climates - p. Page 152 19. Chapter 10 : StEMAIRF-BGI as a tool for UHI mitigation using land use planning and designing - p. Page 174 20. Chapter 11 : Urban heat island effect in India: assessment, impacts, and mitigation - p. Page 194 21. Chapter 12 : Urban heat island in Latin American cities: a review of trends, impacts, and mitigation strategies - p. Page 238 22. Chapter 13 : Air quality and heat-related health impacts of increasing urban greenery cover - p. Page 265 23. Chapter 14 : Visualization of landuse change pattern and its impact on Urban Heat Islands - p. Page 295 24. Chapter 15 : Surface urban heat islands in 33 medium-sized cities across different climates in Chile - p. Page 319 25. Chapter 16 : Investigating the intra-urban urban heat island effect for two subtropical mega-urban regions in China by adopting local climate zone - p. Page 333 26. Chapter 17 : Impact of urban cool strategies on energy performance of HVAC systems in a dense urban district of a Mediterranean city, Beirut, Lebanon - p. Page 359 27. Index - p. Page 378
