Urban Heat Stress And Mitigation Solutions

Author : Vincenzo Costanzo,Gianpiero Evola,Luigi Marletta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000431520

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Urban Heat Stress and Mitigation Solutions by Vincenzo Costanzo,Gianpiero Evola,Luigi Marletta Pdf

This book provides the reader with an understanding of the impact that different morphologies, construction materials and green coverage solutions have on the urban microclimate, thus affecting the comfort conditions of urban inhabitants and the energy needs of buildings in urban areas. The book covers the latest approaches to energy and outdoor comfort measurement and modelling on an urban scale, and describes possible measures and strategies to mitigate the effects of the mutual interaction between urban settlements and local microclimate. Despite its relevance, only limited literature is currently devoted to appraising—from an engineering perspective—the intertwining relationships between urban geometry and fabrics, energy fluxes between buildings and their surroundings, outdoor microclimate conditions and building energy demands in urban areas. This book fills this gap by first discussing the physical processes that govern heat and mass transfer at an urban scale, while emphasizing the role played by different spatial arrangements, manmade materials and green infrastructures on the outdoor microclimate. The first chapters also address the implications of these factors on the outdoor comfort conditions experienced by pedestrians, and on the buildings’ energy demand for space heating and cooling. Then, based upon cutting-edge experimental activities and simulation work, this book demonstrates current and forthcoming adaptation and mitigation strategies to improve the urban microclimate and its impact on the built environment, such as cool materials, thermochromic and retroreflective finishing materials, and green infrastructures applied either at a building scale or at the urban scale. The effect of these solutions is demonstrated for different cities worldwide under a range of climate conditions. Finally, the book opens a wider perspective by introducing the basic elements that allow fuel poverty, raw materials consumption, and the principles of circular economy in the definition of a resilient urban settlement.

Author : Francesco Musco
Publisher : Springer
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319104256

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Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario by Francesco Musco Pdf

Urban heat islands are a new type of microclimatic phenomenon that causes a significant increase in the temperature of cities compared to surrounding areas. The phenomenon has been enforced by the current trend towards climate change. Although experts consider urban heat islands an urgent European Union public health concern, there are too few policies that address it. The EU carried out a project to learn more about this phenomenon through pilot initiatives. The pilots included feasibility studies and strategies for appropriately altering planning rules and governance to tackle the problem of urban heat islands. The pilots were carried out in eight metropolitan areas: Bologna/Modena, Budapest, Ljubljana, Lodz, Prague, Stuttgart, Venice/Padova, and Vienna. The feasibility studies carried out in these pilot areas focused on the specific morphology of EU urban areas, which are often characterised by the presence of historical old towns.

Author : Napoleon Enteria,Matteos Santamouris,Ursula Eicker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813340503

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Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation by Napoleon Enteria,Matteos Santamouris,Ursula Eicker Pdf

This book discusses the concepts and technologies associated with the mitigation of urban heat islands (UHIs) that are applicable in hot and humid regions. It presents several city case studies on how UHIs can be reduced in various areas to provide readers, researchers, and policymakers with insights into the concepts and technologies that should be considered when planning and constructing urban centres and buildings. The rapid development of urban areas in hot and humid regions has led to an increase in urban temperatures, a decrease in ventilation in buildings, and a transformation of the once green outdoor environment into areas full of solar-energy-absorbing concrete and asphalt. This situation has increased the discomfort of people living in these areas regardless of whether they occupy concrete structures. This is because indoor and outdoor air quality have both suffered from urbanisation. The development of urban areas has also increased energy consumption so that the occupants of buildings can enjoy indoor thermal comfort and air quality that they need via air conditioning systems. This book offers solutions to the recent increase in the number of heat islands in hot and humid regions.​

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789292696344

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Beating the Heat by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Cities in Asia and the Pacific are increasingly at risk of heat waves, which are expected to be more severe and persistent due to global warming. The urban poor are especially vulnerable to heat stress and associated health and productivity impacts as they often work outdoors and tend to live in overcrowded housing without adequate ventilation or cooling. This publication examines opportunities for countries to pursue pro-poor urban resilience initiatives to reduce the impacts of heat stress. It emphasizes the need for policies and investments to be based on long-term planning and actions at all scales: individual and household, neighborhood, and city.

Author : Nasrin Aghamohammadi,Mat Santamouris
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789811947070

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Urban Overheating: Heat Mitigation and the Impact on Health by Nasrin Aghamohammadi,Mat Santamouris Pdf

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.

Author : Kylienne A. Clark,Travis R. Shaul,Brian H. Lower
Publisher : The Ohio State University
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Environmental ScienceBites by Kylienne A. Clark,Travis R. Shaul,Brian H. Lower Pdf

This book was written by undergraduate students at The Ohio State University (OSU) who were enrolled in the class Introduction to Environmental Science. The chapters describe some of Earth's major environmental challenges and discuss ways that humans are using cutting-edge science and engineering to provide sustainable solutions to these problems. Topics are as diverse as the students, who represent virtually every department, school and college at OSU. The environmental issue that is described in each chapter is particularly important to the author, who hopes that their story will serve as inspiration to protect Earth for all life.

Author : Michele Zinzi,Matheos Santamouris
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783038976363

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Urban Overheating - Progress on Mitigation Science and Engineering Applications by Michele Zinzi,Matheos Santamouris Pdf

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.

Author : Rohinton Emmanuel
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783036507224

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Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technologies by Rohinton Emmanuel Pdf

This book is relevant to architects, urban designers, planners, and policy makers concerned with enhancing climate-sensitive urban form and planning. It discusses building and neighborhood design: layout and design features that maximize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without compromising the ability of other buildings to enjoy similar benefits; the use of interstitial spaces (piazzas, streets, and parks) to improve the microclimate at the neighbourhood-level; design intervention case studies; innovative uses of interstitial spaces to improve the local climate at the neighborhood level; and urban radiative cooling solutions to mitigate the unintended climate consequences of urban growth and suggestions for ways forward.

Author : Alessandro Marucci
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031540967

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Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning by Alessandro Marucci Pdf

Author : Lisa Mummery Gartland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136564208

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Heat Islands by Lisa Mummery Gartland Pdf

Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their surroundings. Traditional, highly absorptive construction materials and a lack of effective landscaping are their main causes. Heat island problems, in terms of increased energy consumption, reduced air quality and effects on human health and mortality, are becoming more pressing as cities continue to grow and sprawl. This comprehensive book brings together the latest information about heat islands and their mitigation. The book describes how heat islands are formed, what problems they cause, which technologies mitigate heat island effects and what policies and actions can be taken to cool communities. Internationally renowned expert Lisa Gartland offers a comprehensive source of information for turning heat islands into cool communities. The author includes sections on cool roofing and cool paving, explains their benefits in detail and provides practical guidelines for their selection and installation. The book also reviews how and why to incorporate trees and vegetation around buildings, in parking lots and on green roofs.

Author : Prashant Rajput,Atinderpal Singh,Jai Prakash,Manish Kumar
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889746736

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The Role of Climate and Air Pollution in Human Health and Urban Chemistry in Asian Cities by Prashant Rajput,Atinderpal Singh,Jai Prakash,Manish Kumar Pdf

Author : Ansar Khan,Hashem Akbari,Francesco Fiorito,Sk Mithun,Dev Niyogi
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780323897945

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Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation by Ansar Khan,Hashem Akbari,Francesco Fiorito,Sk Mithun,Dev Niyogi Pdf

Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation provides a comprehensive picture of global UHI micro-thermal interaction in different built environments. The book explains physical principles and how to moderate undesirable consequences of swift and haphazard urban development to create more sustainable and resilient cities. Sections provide extensive discussion on numerous UHI mitigation technologies and their effectiveness in cities around the globe. In addition, the book proposes novel UHI mitigation technologies and strategies while also assessing the effectiveness and suitability of UHI mitigation interventions in various climates and urban forms. Adopts a multidisciplinary approach, bridging theoretical and applied urban climatology with urban heat mitigation Compiles disparate urban climate research concepts and technologies into a coherent framework Includes contributions from leaders in fields from around the globe

Author : Francesca Abastante,Marta Bottero,Chiara D’Alpaos,Luisa Ingaramo,Alessandra Oppio,Paolo Rosato,Francesca Salvo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031128141

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Urban Regeneration Through Valuation Systems for Innovation by Francesca Abastante,Marta Bottero,Chiara D’Alpaos,Luisa Ingaramo,Alessandra Oppio,Paolo Rosato,Francesca Salvo Pdf

This book examines the role of the evaluation models in decision-making processes for the construction of circular cities in the digital revolution. In particular, the book explores the need for a rethinking of development models proposed by the circular economy which requires the valorization of natural, social and economic capital. Urban environment represents a crucial field of analysis in which applying the circular-economy principles in order to steer a course towards a sustainable economy characterized by processes meant to create value instead of extracting it, which put a step forward in the pathway towards a better future in terms of economic, environmental and social effects and desirable outcomes. In this context, the design of urban regeneration processes and housing environments requires the adoption of inclusive analysis/assessment models combined with the structuring and organization of public/private investments that can contribute to creating positive natural and social impacts as well as economic and financial returns. This fundamental paradigm shift is accentuated in the current context, in which the digital revolution is reinventing the future and calls for a rethinking and reformulation of value systems in the era of technological process innovations, while respecting economic, natural and social ecosystems.

Author : Mat Santamouris,Denia Kolokotsa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317658634

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Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques by Mat Santamouris,Denia Kolokotsa Pdf

The urban climate is continuously deteriorating. Urban heat lowers the quality of urban life, increases energy needs, and affects the urban socio-economy. Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques presents steps that can be taken to mitigate this situation through a series of innovative technologies and examples of best practices for the improvement of the urban climate. Including tools for evaluation and a comparative analysis, this book addresses anthropogenic heat, green areas, cool materials and pavements, outdoor shading structures, evaporative cooling and earth cooling. Case studies demonstrate the success and applicability of these measures in various cities throughout the world. Useful for urban designers, architects and planners, Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques is a step by step tour of the innovative technologies improving our urban climate, providing a holistic approach supported by well-established quantitative examples.

Author : Rohinton Emmanuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 303650723X

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Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technologies by Rohinton Emmanuel Pdf

This book is relevant to architects, urban designers, planners, and policy makers concerned with enhancing climate-sensitive urban form and planning. It discusses building and neighborhood design: layout and design features that maximize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without compromising the ability of other buildings to enjoy similar benefits; the use of interstitial spaces (piazzas, streets, and parks) to improve the microclimate at the neighbourhood-level; design intervention case studies; innovative uses of interstitial spaces to improve the local climate at the neighborhood level; and urban radiative cooling solutions to mitigate the unintended climate consequences of urban growth and suggestions for ways forward.