Increasingly people, especially those residing in urban areas with the urban heat island
effect, are getting exposed to extreme heat due to ongoing global warming. A number of …

Urban heat, the combined effect of heatwaves and urban heat islands (UHIs), is a severe
challenge for many cities around the world. While there have been numerous studies on …

Rising global temperatures and more frequent heatwaves due to climate change have led to
a growing body of research and increased policy focus on how to protect against the …

Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Heat Waves (HWs) are very important research topics
as they have a strong impact on society and their synergies are not enough understood …

Although there is significant scientific evidence on the impact of heat waves, there are few
studies that analyze the effects of sociodemographic factors on the impact of heat waves …

Global climate change has intensified extreme climate events, such as torrential rain, heavy
snow, heatwaves, and droughts. Among all extreme disaster events, extreme heat might …

Climate change is a major contemporary phenomenon with multiple consequences. In
urban areas, it exacerbates the urban heat island phenomenon. It impacts the health of the …

The energy balance differences between urban and rural areas give rise to a representative
phenomenon of urban climate change called the urban heat island (UHI). The UHI …

Recent critical events brought attention to the increasing exposure of urban environments to
both slow and rapid onset disasters, which arise from both anthropogenic and natural …

In the context of global warming, the general increase in temperature has led to an increase
in heatwave events, as well as a dramatic intensification of economic losses and social risks …