Adapting to Urban Heat:
Strategies and Tools for Ecology, Decarbonization and Health
- 1st Edition - May 30, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Carmen Galán Marín, Carlos Rivera Gómez, Emanuele Naboni, Mattheos Santamouris
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 9 7 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 9 7 8 - 1
Adapting to Urban Heat: Strategies and Tools for Resilience in Low Carbon Cities provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the issues associated with adapting to climat… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdapting to Urban Heat: Strategies and Tools for Resilience in Low Carbon Cities provides a comprehensive and rigorous examination of the issues associated with adapting to climate change and building urban resilience. The book's editors have gathered an impressive team of authors to examine the implications of urban heat, tools for decoding and coding urban heat, and design strategies for adapting to urban heat. Sections explore the issue from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, encompassing environmental engineering, climate change, ecology, data science, and architectural design.
This reference is an essential resource for researchers and practitioners working in environmental science and climate change who are interested in building more resilient and sustainable cities.
This reference is an essential resource for researchers and practitioners working in environmental science and climate change who are interested in building more resilient and sustainable cities.
- Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study and understanding of urban heat islands
- Presents evidence-based strategies to for adapting to climate change and building urban resilience
- Includes a critical assessment of the role data science and GIS technologies play in climate change and urban planning
Interdisciplinary researchers, academics, post-graduate students, environmental engineers, and civil engineers working within Environmental Science and Climate Change
Part 1 Setting the stage for urban heat adaptation
Emanuele Naboni, Carlos Rivera Gmez, Carmen Galan-Marin and
Mat Santamouris
1. Adapting to heat
1.1 Adapting to heat
1.2 The professional gap in adapting to urban heat
1.3 Adapting to heat
1.4 From mitigation to regenerative adaptation
1.5 Adaptive ecology
1.6 Carbon
1.7 Adaptive health
References
Part 2 Understanding, mitigating and adapting to urban overheating
M. Santamouris and K. Vasilakopoulou
2. Urban overheating: impacts and heat mitigation technologies
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The impact of urban overheating
2.3 Future urban climate and impact
2.4 Heat mitigation technologies
2.5 Conclusions and proposals
References
3. Understanding anticipatory resilience in urban and architectural design for climate change, ecology, health, and decarbonization
Emanuele Naboni
3.1 Adapting ecology to prevent the phytogenic heat island
3.2 Adapting decarbonization by recoupling
3.3 People adapt to heat
References
Part 3 Designing for urban heat adaptation
Marialena Nikolopoulou
4. Design for adapting urban microclimates and enhancing user comfort: strategies for heat at the neighborhood scale
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Urbanization and microclimate
4.3 Thermal materiality
4.4 Adaptation and climate-responsive design
4.5 Conclusions
References
Further reading
5. Understanding the interrelationships between urban spaces and buildings, within overheating cities
Agnese Salvati and Massimo Palme
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The climate of urban landscapes
5.3 Climate and energy interactions at the building-street scale
5.4 Synergies between urban warming and climate change
5.5 Adaptation and mitigation measures: counteracting urban heat island
5.6 Reducing building cooling demand and anthropogenic heat generation
5.7 Summary for practitioners and actionable points
5.8 Conclusion
References
Further reading
6. Understanding and measuring the cooling performance of trees
Daniela Maiullari, René van der Velde, Saskia de Wit, Michiel Pouderoijen and Marjolein van Esch
6.1 The role of urban forests as cooling devices for adapting to urban heat
6.2 Cooling mechanisms of tree
6.3 Key cooling factors of urban forests
6.4 Methods and protocols to measure tree/nature-based solutions cooling performance
6.5 Conclusions
References
Part 4 Tools for decoding and coding urban heat
Jesus Lizana, Patrick Fahr, Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam, Patricia Vargas,
Miguel Nez-Peir and Radhika Khosla
7. The role of data science in developing heat-resilient
communities
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Data on heat-related climate hazards
7.3 Data on exposure
7.4 Quantification and prediction of heat-related vulnerability and risk through data science
7.5 Discussion of challenges and opportunities
7.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
8. From urban meteorological networks to adaptation in
Amsterdam, Ghent, and Novi Sad
Dragan Milosevic, Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Stevan Savic and Steven Caluwaerts
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Methodology, databases, and tools
8.3 Urban heat islands across cities
8.4 Adaptation strategies, practical applications, and takeaways
8.5 Future plans for urban heat adaptation
8.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
9. The role of using remote sensing evaluating urban heat adaptation strategies measures
Antonio Serrano-Jimnez, Javier Sola-Caraballo, Carmen Daz-Lopez and Jorge Roa-Fernndez
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Remote sensing sources for obtaining urban satellite images
9.3 Usefulness of geographic information systems and local climatic zones to locate hotspots
9.4 Methodology
9.5 Results and discussion
9.6 Conclusions
References
10. Multiscale modeling techniques and experimental monitoring of heat
Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Carmen Galan-Marin and Carlos Rivera Gmez
10.1 Introduction
10.2 State of the art
10.3 Multiscale case studies description: different approaches
10.4 Discussion
10.5 Conclusions
References
11. Adapting to urban heaton the use of urban weather files for assessing buildings overheating
Miguel Nez-Peir, Javier Neila and Snchez-Guevara Carmen
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The role of weather files in urban heat analysis
11.3 Toward a definition of Urban Weather for Energy Calculations
11.4 Madrid as a case study
11.5 Conclusion
Part 5 Towards a regenerative future
Emanuele Naboni
12. Conclusions
12.1 Education, practice, and policy for heat
12.2 Theory for heat-adaptive design
12.3 A future approach to heat
12.4 Envisioning heat-adapted systems
12.5 Design to serve nature adaptation to heat
12.6 Toolset for heat management
12.7 A final message
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Emanuele Naboni, Carlos Rivera Gmez, Carmen Galan-Marin and
Mat Santamouris
1. Adapting to heat
1.1 Adapting to heat
1.2 The professional gap in adapting to urban heat
1.3 Adapting to heat
1.4 From mitigation to regenerative adaptation
1.5 Adaptive ecology
1.6 Carbon
1.7 Adaptive health
References
Part 2 Understanding, mitigating and adapting to urban overheating
M. Santamouris and K. Vasilakopoulou
2. Urban overheating: impacts and heat mitigation technologies
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The impact of urban overheating
2.3 Future urban climate and impact
2.4 Heat mitigation technologies
2.5 Conclusions and proposals
References
3. Understanding anticipatory resilience in urban and architectural design for climate change, ecology, health, and decarbonization
Emanuele Naboni
3.1 Adapting ecology to prevent the phytogenic heat island
3.2 Adapting decarbonization by recoupling
3.3 People adapt to heat
References
Part 3 Designing for urban heat adaptation
Marialena Nikolopoulou
4. Design for adapting urban microclimates and enhancing user comfort: strategies for heat at the neighborhood scale
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Urbanization and microclimate
4.3 Thermal materiality
4.4 Adaptation and climate-responsive design
4.5 Conclusions
References
Further reading
5. Understanding the interrelationships between urban spaces and buildings, within overheating cities
Agnese Salvati and Massimo Palme
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The climate of urban landscapes
5.3 Climate and energy interactions at the building-street scale
5.4 Synergies between urban warming and climate change
5.5 Adaptation and mitigation measures: counteracting urban heat island
5.6 Reducing building cooling demand and anthropogenic heat generation
5.7 Summary for practitioners and actionable points
5.8 Conclusion
References
Further reading
6. Understanding and measuring the cooling performance of trees
Daniela Maiullari, René van der Velde, Saskia de Wit, Michiel Pouderoijen and Marjolein van Esch
6.1 The role of urban forests as cooling devices for adapting to urban heat
6.2 Cooling mechanisms of tree
6.3 Key cooling factors of urban forests
6.4 Methods and protocols to measure tree/nature-based solutions cooling performance
6.5 Conclusions
References
Part 4 Tools for decoding and coding urban heat
Jesus Lizana, Patrick Fahr, Nethmi Jayaratne Kariyawasam, Patricia Vargas,
Miguel Nez-Peir and Radhika Khosla
7. The role of data science in developing heat-resilient
communities
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Data on heat-related climate hazards
7.3 Data on exposure
7.4 Quantification and prediction of heat-related vulnerability and risk through data science
7.5 Discussion of challenges and opportunities
7.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
8. From urban meteorological networks to adaptation in
Amsterdam, Ghent, and Novi Sad
Dragan Milosevic, Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Stevan Savic and Steven Caluwaerts
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Methodology, databases, and tools
8.3 Urban heat islands across cities
8.4 Adaptation strategies, practical applications, and takeaways
8.5 Future plans for urban heat adaptation
8.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
9. The role of using remote sensing evaluating urban heat adaptation strategies measures
Antonio Serrano-Jimnez, Javier Sola-Caraballo, Carmen Daz-Lopez and Jorge Roa-Fernndez
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Remote sensing sources for obtaining urban satellite images
9.3 Usefulness of geographic information systems and local climatic zones to locate hotspots
9.4 Methodology
9.5 Results and discussion
9.6 Conclusions
References
10. Multiscale modeling techniques and experimental monitoring of heat
Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Carmen Galan-Marin and Carlos Rivera Gmez
10.1 Introduction
10.2 State of the art
10.3 Multiscale case studies description: different approaches
10.4 Discussion
10.5 Conclusions
References
11. Adapting to urban heaton the use of urban weather files for assessing buildings overheating
Miguel Nez-Peir, Javier Neila and Snchez-Guevara Carmen
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The role of weather files in urban heat analysis
11.3 Toward a definition of Urban Weather for Energy Calculations
11.4 Madrid as a case study
11.5 Conclusion
Part 5 Towards a regenerative future
Emanuele Naboni
12. Conclusions
12.1 Education, practice, and policy for heat
12.2 Theory for heat-adaptive design
12.3 A future approach to heat
12.4 Envisioning heat-adapted systems
12.5 Design to serve nature adaptation to heat
12.6 Toolset for heat management
12.7 A final message
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- Published: May 30, 2025
- No. of pages (Paperback): 250
- No. of pages (eBook): 250
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443289774
- eBook ISBN: 9780443289781
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Carmen Galán Marín
Dr. Carmen Galán-Marín, Full Professor of Construction Technology and Sustainable Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Seville and head of the SATH research group (Sustainability in Architecture, Technology and Heritage). She was educated as an architect and specialized MS in building construction. Her research interests concentrate on low-carbon buildings and cities, urban climate under climate change scenarios, new materials and innovative technologies applied to architecture and construction, with special emphasis on environmental issues and sustainability. She has coordinated or participated in various energy-related projects funded by the EU, national and regional governments. At the present she is involved in projects about the analysis of different adaptation strategies to climate change. She leads a multidisciplinary group involved in the elaboration of predictive tools for urban climate adaptation linking different urban intervention strategies to the outdoor thermal comfort perception by citizens.
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Professor of Construction Technology and Sustainable Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Seville, SpainCR
Carlos Rivera Gómez
Dr. Carlos Rivera-Gómez is Associate Professor of Building Construction Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and of Sustainable Urban Planning in the master’s degree in Sustainable City and Architecture of the University of Seville. Their main scientific contribution focuses on the evaluation of microclimatic conditions and thermal comfort outdoors. The research he has conducted aims to meet societal demands and has been carried out in collaboration with companies, technological centers, and government agencies. In addition to analysis and simulations, these works include environmental evaluation, focused on prefabrication and sustainability in construction, new material applications, as well as evaluation of prototypes and passive energy-saving strategies in buildings.
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Associate Professor of Building Construction Technology, Faculty of Architecture and of Sustainable Urban Planning in the master’s degree in Sustainable City and Architecture, University of Seville, SpainEN
Emanuele Naboni
Dr. Emanuele Naboni is a practitioner and researcher in Urban Design and Architectural Technology, with a focus on Regenerative sciences, parametric digital means, onsite data gathering, and 1:1 prototyping. His primary research interests are Design for Climate Change, generating microclimatic conditions, decarbonization, and health. He is an Associate Professor of Building Technology at the Royal Danish Academy since 2010 and part-time from 2021, and at UniPR. He is an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley, UNSW and a frequent invited lecturer at several universities worldwide. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory He has provided consultancy services for the design of over 40 sustainable and energy-efficient buildings, districts, and master plans, collaborating with well-known firms. He is a leading figure in innovative European Union projects and a reviewer for various agencies.
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Royal Danish Academy, Architecture, Design, Conservation, Copenhagen, DenmarkMS
Mattheos Santamouris
Mat Santamouris is the Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture in the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a past a professor at the University of Athens, Greece and visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunnel University and National University of Singapore. Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece. Editor and author of 15 international books on topics related to heat island, solar energy and energy conservation in buildings published by Earthscan, Springer, etc. Guest editor of twelve special issues of various scientific journals. Scientific coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 290 scientific papers published in peer reviewed international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 15 countries including USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, etc. Expert in various International Research Institutions. Highly Cited researcher according to Clarivate in 2017 and 2018.
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University of New South Wales,Sydney, Australia