The Urban Heat Island provides both simple instructions for measurement and analysis of the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon, as well as greater context as to what a UHI means and the impacts it can have. With this further understanding, research on urban heat islands can impact a wide range of climate mitigation and adaptation programs including city greening, changing surface albedo and permeable paving. The Urban Heat Island empowers readers to to work within a set of guidelines which will enable direct comparisons of urban development across multiple environments. This type of systematic classification will open the door to true global comparisons of climate change effects on urban areas, so they can be examined more directly, and the impact of urban planning and design strategies in different environments can be evaluated for their effectiveness at mitigating these changes. Covers both on-surface and near-surface, or canopy, measurements and impacts of Urban Heat Islands (UHI)Provides a set of best practices and guidelines for UHI observation and analysisIncludes both conceptual overviews and practical instructions for a wide range of uses INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Heat island basics3. Common Approaches to UHI Measurement4. Problems and pitfalls with UHI measurement5. Preparatory Work6. Analysis and Output7. Context and Communications8. Conclusions
- ISBN: 978-0-12-815017-7
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés