Heat waves have significant impacts on both ecosystems and human beings. This is
compounded by future climate scenarios which indicate more frequent and severe heat …

Numerous extreme heatwaves producing large impacts on human health, agriculture, water
resources, energy demand, regional economies, and forest ecosystems occurred during the …

Cities are becoming hotter day-by-day because heat is trapped near the earth's surface due
to a decrease in green cover, rapid urbanization, energy-intensity activities, and concrete …

This paper investigates whether there is any association between the daily mortality for the
wider region of Athens, Greece and the thermal conditions, for the 10-year period 1992 …

Adaptation and mitigation measures, which could be utilized in urban planning, were
quantified in regard to their influence on thermal conditions for humans. The effects of city …

A new thermal index, the modified physiologically equivalent temperature (mPET) has been
developed for universal application in different climate zones. The mPET has been improved …

Heatwave events are of major concern in the global context, since they can significantly
impact ecosystems, economies and societies. For this reason, more detailed analyses of the …

Climate change will result in more intense, more frequent and longer lasting heat waves.
The most hazardous conditions emerge when extreme daytime temperatures combine with …

Heat waves represent one of the most significant climatic stressors for ecosystems,
economies and societies. A main topic of debate is whether they have increased or not in …

The relationship between the sky view factor (SVF) and the urban heat island (UHI) effect in
Montreal is explored, by assessing the effect of SVF on air temperature (Ta) and mean …