Urban Climate Change and Heat Islands

Characterization, Impacts, and Mitigation

1st Edition - November 14, 2022
Imprint: Elsevier
Editors: Riccardo Paolini, Mattheos Santamouris
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 8 9 7 7 - 1
eBook ISBN:
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Urban Climate Change and Heat Islands: Characterization, Impacts, and Mitigation serves as a go to reference for a foundational understanding of urban-climate drivers and impacts. Through the book's comprehensive chapters, the authors help readers identify problems associated with urban climate change, along with potential solutions. Global case studies are included and presented in a way in which they become globally relevant to any urban or intra-urban environment. The authors call on their extensive experience to present and explore methodologies and approaches to quantifying urban-heat mitigation measures in a clear manner, focusing on heat islands, urban overheating and effects on air quality.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Chapter 1. Urban climate change: reasons, magnitude, impact, and mitigation
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is causing urban overheating?
1.3 About the magnitude of the urban overheating
1.4 About the impact of urban overheating
1.5 Mitigation of urban overheating
1.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2. Experimental and monitoring techniques to map and document urban climate change
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Measurement approaches in urban climatology
2.3 Climate and nonclimate data to support urban heat mitigation: challenges and prospects
2.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Synergies and exacerbations—effects of warmer weather and climate change
Abstract
3.1 Urban heat islands and urban overheating
3.2 Heatwaves
3.3 The combined effect of urban overheating and heatwaves on human health, economy, energy, and environment
3.4 UO interaction with heatwaves—quantification of energy budget equation
3.5 Synoptic climatology
3.6 A case study from Sydney, Australia
3.7 Discussion and conclusion
Nomenclature
Supplementary material
References
Chapter 4. Multiscale modeling techniques to document urban climate change
Abstract
4.1 Introduction: why model urban and intra-urban climate change?
4.2 Modeling techniques to document urban and intraurban climate variability and change
4.3 Modeling urban climate’s impact on human life
4.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5. Urban overheating—energy, environmental, and heat-health implications
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Impact of urban overheating on energy generation and energy supply systems
5.3 Impact of urban overheating of urban vulnerability
5.4 Impact of urban overheating on air quality
5.5 Impact of urban overheating on health
5.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 6. Fighting urban climate change—state of the art of mitigation technologies
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Mitigating the urban heat using advanced materials for the urban fabric
6.3 Using transpiration cooling to mitigate urban heat
6.4 Mist cooling
6.5 Urban greenery to mitigating the urban heat
6.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7. Environmental, energy, and health impact of urban mitigation technologies
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The impact of increased urban albedo on urban temperature, energy consumption, and health
7.3 The impact of increased green infrastructure on urban temperature and health
7.4 Conclusion
References
Index

Riccardo Paolini

Riccardo Paolini is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales. In 2011, he received his PhD from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. His main research interests concern building physics and its applications to the design of buildings and urban envelopes towards the design of resilient built environments. Further, he investigates the mutual influence between buildings – and their energy needs – and the urban microclimate. Riccardo has been bridging urban heat studies and heat and moisture transport in building materials and components and researched extensively the performance over time of building envelope materials for heat mitigation.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Australia

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.

Affiliations and expertise

University of New South Wales,Sydney, Australia

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