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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"urban microclimates"”.
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Urban design, climate + context: Exploring the interplay of thermal comfort and human perception in the case of Lahore, Pakistan.
… the human perceptual mechanisms involved in an urban open environment and human thermal comfort assessment, emphasizing hot climates. The primary objective is to identify underlying conditions influencing people's behaviour and usage of outdoor spaces. An in-depth literature review demonstrated …
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Evaluating the impact of the urban heat island on public health: Spatial and social determinants of heat-related mortality in New York City
… years 1997-2006. The relationship between intra-urban microclimates and the risk of heat-related mortality was assessed through Landsat-derived surface temperatures averaged to the neighborhood scale. Excess mortality during heat event days was unevenly distributed in NYC's Community Districts …
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Geospatial Analysis to Site Urban Agriculture
The rapid expansion of urban systems in both area and population represents the most significant landuse/landcover change occurring in the world today. Urbanization is often accompanied by increasing environmental degradation. This degradation is related to stormwater runoff, air temperatures …
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Planning the urban forest to enhance urban resilience
… identify extreme heat as a significant threat to urban areas. This is largely due to the impact of heat on human health, their livelihoods, and access to resources (USGCRP, 2018; IPCC, 2014). Both the IPCC (2014) and the USGCRP (2018) identify afforestation as a key strategy for moderating the …