Addressing rising temperatures resulting from heat islands and global climate change is one
of the biggest urban sustainability challenges of this century. Reducing the threat of excess …

The urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a significant and wide-ranging threat to cities. A
city's public health, air quality, energy consumption, climate adaptation, quality of life …

Cities globally are experiencing substantial warming due to ongoing urbanization and
climate change. However, existing efforts to mitigate urban heat focus mainly on new …

Cities tend to be warmer than their unbuilt surroundings. This effect, commonly referred to as
the urban heat island (UHI), has consequences for energy use, air quality and human …

Heat is an increasing climate risk for cities due to climate change and the urban heat island
effect. Extreme heat has inequitable impacts across social, economic, and urban …

Addressing the urban heat island effect is critical in mitigating the threat of heat from the
perspective of land use planning and design. This paper, therefore, presents a structured …

Mitigating urban overheating is vital to create livable urban futures. Research on urban heat
mitigation is plentiful, while knowledge about the actual measures local governments are …

Cooling cities and communities requires impact assessment to explore the effectiveness of
urban heat mitigation techniques (UHMTs) on multiple and possibly conflicting objectives …

The growing trends of urbanization and climate change have increased urban heat
exposure and challenges in the past few decades. Extreme heat conditions have become …

Heat is a growing concern for Canada's increasingly urbanized populations, particularly for
local governments, whose regulation and control of land and development impact the …