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Title
Urban overheating : heat mitigation and the impact on health / Nasrin Aghamohammadi, Mat Santamouris, editors.
ISBN
9789811947070 (electronic bk.)
9811947074 (electronic bk.)
9789811947063
9811947066
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-19-4707-0 doi
Call Number
QC981.7.U7
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.5/25091732
Summary
The book reviews and reports the recent progress and knowledge on the specific impact of current and projected urban overheating as well as of the urban mitigation technologies on mortality and morbidity and urban vulnerability. It presents recent data and developments on the topic reported by some of the more distinguished researchers in this area. In parallel, it discusses new findings related to the characteristics and the magnitude of urban overheating and reports and analyzes the recent knowledge on the synergies between urban heat island and heatwaves. This book helps to advance our understanding on the interaction between Urban Heat Island (UHI) and overheating as well as their impact on energy demand and public health globally. Exploring the interaction between UHI and energy consumption requires the understanding on the dynamics of UHI intensity and air pollution index in different land use and how such interactions may vary in different cities in the world. Moreover, this book focuses on different cities in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Asia, Spain, UK, and USA.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 18, 2022).
Series
Advances in sustainability science and technology.
Urban Overheating and Impact on Health: An Introduction
A Global Synthesis of Heat-Related Mortality in Overheated Cities
The Impact of Urban Overheating on Heat-Related Morbidity
Heat and Mental Health in Cities
Human Adaptation to Higher Ambient Temperature
Models and Forecasts on the Future Heat-Related Mortality under Climate Change
The Impact and Influence of Mitigation Technologies on Heat Related Mortality in Overheated Cities
Heat-related Mortality in London
The Impact of Greenery on Heat Related Mortality in Sydney, Australia
Impact of Increased Urban Albedo on Heat-Related Health: The Case Study of the Greater Toronto Area.
