05412nam 2201441z- 450 991034683580332120231214133317.0(CKB)4920000000095282(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61746(EXLCZ)99492000000009528220202102d2019 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUrban Overheating - Progress on Mitigation Science and Engineering ApplicationsMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20191 electronic resource (350 p.)3-03897-636-9 The combination of global warming and urban sprawl is the origin of the most hazardous climate change effect detected at urban level: Urban Heat Island, representing the urban overheating respect to the countryside surrounding the city. This book includes 18 papers representing the state of the art of detection, assessment mitigation and adaption to urban overheating. Advanced methods, strategies and technologies are here analyzed including relevant issues as: the role of urban materials and fabrics on urban climate and their potential mitigation, the impact of greenery and vegetation to reduce urban temperatures and improve the thermal comfort, the role the urban geometry in the air temperature rise, the use of satellite and ground data to assess and quantify the urban overheating and develop mitigation solutions, calculation methods and application to predict and assess mitigation scenarios. The outcomes of the book are thus relevant for a wide multidisciplinary audience, including: environmental scientists and engineers, architect and urban planners, policy makers and students.emissivitymobile temperature observationsurban heat islandurban vegetationurban overheatingspectral analysisBeiruturban heat island indexland surface temperatureENVI-metair qualityalbedoclimatic perceptionoverheatingurbanizationroad surface“cold spots”Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF)urban remote sensinglocal climate zonecooling technologiesWeather Research and Forecasting modelcool surfacesoutdoor thermal comfortenergy savingsair temperaturemeasurementurbanized WRFmitigation measuresEurametheat healthsurface cool island effecturban-climate archipelagosky view factorurban climate archipelagoopen sciencecool roofsurban energy balanceroad lightingurban climatologymaterial characterizationurban climatethermal comfortair and surface temperature measurementscool pavementsmulti-objective optimizationempirical line methodcalculationurban coolingmultifractal analysisurban heat mitigationgenetic algorithmheat stress“hot spots”subtropical climateEMPIR 16NRM02building energy performancemultiple linear regressionbuilt-up areathermal emittanceurban morphologycost-optimal analysisbuilding retrofitsustainabilitymitigation strategiesluminance coefficientoffice buildingsGISstructure functions analysissolar reflectancepark cool islandsolar reflectance indexurban open spacebuilding scalemeteorological modelingshadingsurface albedosummer heat stresscool materialsland cover fractionmicro-climate simulationsenergy simulationurban microclimateurban developmentPhysiologically Equivalent Temperaturecool facadesgreen areaageingMODIS downscalingspectral reflectancefine-resolution meteorological modelingurban areasmorphological indicatorlifecycle analysisnon-constructible parcelsWRF-ChemSantamouris Matheosauth1296331Zinzi MicheleauthBOOK9910346835803321Urban Overheating - Progress on Mitigation Science and Engineering Applications3024009UNINA