Urban open space provides various benefits to citizens, but the thermal environment of this
space is impacted by global warming and urban heat islands. A growing number of studies …

Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable
urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability …

Although the urban heat island (UHI) phenomena phenomenon has was been documented
over a century ago, the effect of the urban heat island on urban climate and environment …

The number of hot days is increasing in many parts of the world because of the heat island
phenomenon and global climate change. High air temperature greatly affects human …

The term urban heat island (UHI) describes a phenomenon where cities are on average
warmer than the surrounding rural area. Trees and greenspaces are recognised for their …

Differences between the temperature of vegetated urban parks and that of their surrounding
built environment are reported. The study is based on observations of surface and air …

The rise in global temperature and rapid pace of urbanisation is fuelling the need to
understand cities and its climate implication. Measuring urban heat island (UHI) have …

Increase of the urban ambient temperature caused by local and global phenomena is
probably the more incontestable incident of climate change. Urban warming has a very …

The air temperature pattern in three urban parks and their surrounding built-up areas was
studied over a one and a half year period in Göteborg, Sweden. The measurements were …

It is well known that the cooling effect of an urban green space extends into its surroundings,
cooling the immediate environment and mitigating urban heat problems. However, the …