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Table of Contents
Intro
Acknowledgements
About This Book
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Climate Change, Cities, and the Importance of Cooling Strategies, Practices, and Policies
1 Prologue: Climate Change and Cooling Cities
2 The Aim and Objectives of the Book
3 Structure of the Book
4 A Summary
References
Part I Concepts, Theories, and Trends
2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies
1 Introduction
2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Private Realm
2.1 Building-Integrated Green Infrastructure or Courtyard Greenery
2.2 Cool Materials for Buildings or Hard Surfaces
2.3 Building-Integrated Evaporative Cooling Towers
2.4 Building-Integrated Shading
3 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Public Realm
3.1 Green Infrastructure Applied in the Public Realm
3.2 Cool Pavements
3.3 Water Bodies and Misting Systems
3.4 Outdoor Shading
4 Combination of Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies
5 Conclusions
References
3 Biophilic Design: Pinpointing Nature-Based Techniques in Urban Areas to Combat Global Warming
1 Introduction
2 Global Warming: Concepts and Elements
3 Biophilic Design Performance to Mitigate UHI
3.1 Concepts and Strategies
4 Case Study Examples
5 Numerical Simulations to Measure UHI
5.1 Study Area: Shahrdari (Municipality) Square
5.2 Outline of the Simulation Analysis
6 Discussion and Conclusion
References
4 Warming Cities in Pakistan: Evaluating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Thermal Field Variance Index Under Rapid Urbanization
1 Introduction
2 Data Acquisition and Preparation
3 LST Retrieval Through Earth Observations
4 UTFVI Estimation and Its Spatial-temporal Heterogeneities
5 Changes in LST, UTFVI, and Built-Up Areas
6 Discussions and Implications
7 Concluding Remarks
References
5 Urban Heat Island (UHI) Implications and a Holistic Management Framework
1 Introduction
2 Material and Methods
3 Urbanization Induced Factors of UHI
3.1 Urban Drivers
3.2 Environmental Factors
4 Climate Change Induced Factors
4.1 Geographical Features Based Factors of UHI
4.2 Urban Climate
4.3 Meteorological Parameters
5 UHI Conceptualization
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Part II Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
6 Contribution of Bodies of Water to the Mitigation of UHI Effect in Urban Canyon: A Parametric Study Approach
1 Introduction
2 Assessment Method
2.1 Field Measurement at COSMO
2.2 Parametric Study with Coupled Numerical Modelling
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Spatial Cooling Benefits of Bodies of Water
3.2 Influence of Pond Size and Orientation on the Thermal Environment
3.3 Enhancing the Mitigating Capacity of Water Bodies
3.4 A Numerical Modelling for Parametric Studies
4 Conclusions
References
Acknowledgements
About This Book
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Climate Change, Cities, and the Importance of Cooling Strategies, Practices, and Policies
1 Prologue: Climate Change and Cooling Cities
2 The Aim and Objectives of the Book
3 Structure of the Book
4 A Summary
References
Part I Concepts, Theories, and Trends
2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies
1 Introduction
2 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Private Realm
2.1 Building-Integrated Green Infrastructure or Courtyard Greenery
2.2 Cool Materials for Buildings or Hard Surfaces
2.3 Building-Integrated Evaporative Cooling Towers
2.4 Building-Integrated Shading
3 Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies Applied in the Public Realm
3.1 Green Infrastructure Applied in the Public Realm
3.2 Cool Pavements
3.3 Water Bodies and Misting Systems
3.4 Outdoor Shading
4 Combination of Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies
5 Conclusions
References
3 Biophilic Design: Pinpointing Nature-Based Techniques in Urban Areas to Combat Global Warming
1 Introduction
2 Global Warming: Concepts and Elements
3 Biophilic Design Performance to Mitigate UHI
3.1 Concepts and Strategies
4 Case Study Examples
5 Numerical Simulations to Measure UHI
5.1 Study Area: Shahrdari (Municipality) Square
5.2 Outline of the Simulation Analysis
6 Discussion and Conclusion
References
4 Warming Cities in Pakistan: Evaluating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Thermal Field Variance Index Under Rapid Urbanization
1 Introduction
2 Data Acquisition and Preparation
3 LST Retrieval Through Earth Observations
4 UTFVI Estimation and Its Spatial-temporal Heterogeneities
5 Changes in LST, UTFVI, and Built-Up Areas
6 Discussions and Implications
7 Concluding Remarks
References
5 Urban Heat Island (UHI) Implications and a Holistic Management Framework
1 Introduction
2 Material and Methods
3 Urbanization Induced Factors of UHI
3.1 Urban Drivers
3.2 Environmental Factors
4 Climate Change Induced Factors
4.1 Geographical Features Based Factors of UHI
4.2 Urban Climate
4.3 Meteorological Parameters
5 UHI Conceptualization
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Part II Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
6 Contribution of Bodies of Water to the Mitigation of UHI Effect in Urban Canyon: A Parametric Study Approach
1 Introduction
2 Assessment Method
2.1 Field Measurement at COSMO
2.2 Parametric Study with Coupled Numerical Modelling
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Spatial Cooling Benefits of Bodies of Water
3.2 Influence of Pond Size and Orientation on the Thermal Environment
3.3 Enhancing the Mitigating Capacity of Water Bodies
3.4 A Numerical Modelling for Parametric Studies
4 Conclusions
References