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 …

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 …

As climate change continues to intensify temperature extremes across the world, it is critical
to understand the impacts of extreme heat events and plan strategies for heat adaptation …

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 …

Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major
contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability …

We use the Northeast US Urban Climate Archipelago as a case study to explore three key
limitations of planning and policy initiatives to mitigate extreme urban heat. These limitations …

The impacts of heat concomitant with climate change, global warming, and urban heat
island phenomena have severely affected the environmental, physical, and psychological …

Future summer temperatures are projected to increase, with hotter and more frequent
heatwaves. This will increase heat mortality, impact infrastructure performance, and increase …

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, the prominent place of human settlements, face various mega challenges. Among
them, extreme heat challenge, the combined effect of heat waves and heat islands, is the …