First Steps in Urban Heat for Built Environment Practitioners

EJS Ferranti, J Futcher, K Salter, SPB Hodgkinson… - 2021 - epapers.bham.ac.uk
Future summer temperatures are projected to increase, with hotter and more frequent
heatwaves. This will increase heat mortality, impact infrastructure performance, and increase …

Decision principles for the selection and placement of green infrastructure to mitigate urban hotspots and heat waves

B Norton, A Coutts, S Livesley, N Williams - 2013 - apo.org.au
Using green infrastructure to moderate high urban temperatures is increasingly a focus of
city governments around the world. This is motivated by the negative health consequences …

Designing urban spaces and buildings to improve sustainability and quality of life in a warmer world

C Smith, G Levermore - Energy policy, 2008 - Elsevier
It is in cities that the negative impacts of a warming climate will be felt most strongly. The
summer time comfort and well-being of the urban population will become increasingly …

[PDF][PDF] Planning for A Cooler Future: Green Infrastructure to Reduce Urban Heat

B Norton, K Bosomworth, A Coutts… - VCCCAR Publication …, 2014 - academia.edu
Detailed literature reviews of the international scientific and technical literature as well as
novel research undertaken during the project underpin this implementation guide. The …

[图书][B] Planning for a cooler future: Green infrastructure to reduce urban heat

B Norton, K Bosomworth, A Cootts, N Williams… - 2013 - clearwatervic.com.au
Detailed literature reviews of the international scientific and technical literature as well as
novel research undertaken during the project underpin this implementation guide. The …

[PDF][PDF] Decision principles for the selection and placement of Green Infrastructure

B Norton, A Coutts, S Livesley… - Victorian Centre for …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Using green infrastructure to moderate high urban temperatures is increasingly a focus of
city governments around the world. This is motivated by the negative health consequences …

Urban Heat: A Sustainability Challenge Crossing Traditional Boundaries

FA Schneider - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Cities globally are experiencing substantial warming due to ongoing urbanization and
climate change. However, existing efforts to mitigate urban heat focus mainly on new …

[PDF][PDF] Managing urban heat in water sensitive cities

K Nice - 2021 - watersensitivecities.org.au
Urban heat is an increasing threat to the liveability and productivity of cities, made worse by
more frequent and extreme heat days and heat waves caused by climate change …

[PDF][PDF] Getting off the Island: Understanding Urban Heat in a Changing World

J Vargo - Paving the Way Forward in Urbanization and, 2013 - ugec.org
Landscape influences temperature. You don't need a thermometer to understand it. If you
want to relax on a summer day, you're better off spreading your blanket out under the shade …

[HTML][HTML] Are cities taking action against urban overheating? Insights from over 7,500 local climate actions

G Ulpiani, A Treville, P Bertoldi, N Vetters, P Barbosa… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
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 …