Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …
Highlights•Gradual, average increases in temperature are significant for the risk of heat stress.•Increasing chronic exposure to extreme heat constitutes a slow onset event.•Heat …
Conventional sidewalk studies focused on quantitative analysis of sidewalk walkability at a large scale which cannot capture the dynamic interactions between the environment and …
" This is a book about the amazing twists and turns that have produced contemporary Bangladeshi society. It is intended for general readers and for students who are beginning to …
J Hua, X Zhang, C Ren, Y Shi, TC Lee - Sustainable cities and society, 2021 - Elsevier
High-density cities are faced with growing extreme hot weather driven by climate change and local urbanization, but localized heat risk detection is still at an early stage for most …
Monitoring microclimate variables within cities with high accuracy is an ongoing challenge for a better urban resilience to climate change. Assessing the intra-urban characteristics of a …
Most of thermal indices were developed based on the European/North American subjects and climates, while they should be investigated in other regions as well. This study aims to …
Wet‐bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a widely applied heat stress index. However, most applications of WBGT within the heat stress impact literature that do not use WBGT at all, but …
EE Ramsay, GA Duffy, K Burge, RR Taruc… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands, where temperatures are elevated relative to non-urban surrounds, are near-ubiquitous in cities globally. Yet, the magnitude and form of urban heat islands in the …