Extreme heat poses a threat to the livability and sustainability of cities, and disproportionally
harms marginalized groups. The frequency of extreme heat events is expected to increase in …

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 …

There are two lessons emerging from this review relevant to the debate of adaptation to
climate change in urban areas: there are diverse and useful disciplinary contributions and …

In this paper CCAP provides information on the costs and benefits of “green” infrastructure
solutions for bolstering local adaptation to climate change. Pioneering cities and counties …

Urban heat is a growing environmental concern in cities around the world. The urban heat
island effect, combined with warming effects of climate change, is likely to cause an increase …

Cities are facing the twin pressures of greenhouse gas driven climatic warming and locally
induced urban heating. These pressures are threatening populations that are sensitive to …

A well-known effect of urbanisation is the warming of the local climate relative to surrounding
rural areas, creating a phenomenon known as the'urban heat island'(UHI). UHI intensity …

Urban heat island (UHI) manifests as the temperature rise in built-up urban areas relative to
the surrounding rural countryside, largely because of the relatively greater proportion of …

Following the introduction of the national Climate Change Programme, initiatives that seek
to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are now well established in the UK. However …

The persistent gap, termed the “adaptation deficit,” between the assumed ability of
communities to adapt to climate change and the on-the-ground evidence of their progress to …