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Maryam Nastar
To protect public health, heat-related policies are increasingly being adopted by city authorities to address the unequal impact of heatwaves. Ahmedabad?s Heat Action Plan (HAP) is an acclaimed and successful policy response in India and beyond. While th...
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Laura Barron, Dominique Ruggieri and Charles Branas
Urban heat island (UHI) effect is an increasingly prominent health and environmental hazard that is linked to urbanization and climate change. Greening reduces the negative impacts of UHI; trees specifically are the most effective in ambient temperature ...
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Laura Barron, Dominique Ruggieri and Charles Branas
Urban heat island (UHI) effect is an increasingly prominent health and environmental hazard that is linked to urbanization and climate change. Greening reduces the negative impacts of UHI; trees specifically are the most effective in ambient temperature ...
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Souleymane Fall, Kapo Coulibaly, Joseph Quansah and Gamal El Afandi
Urban heat vulnerability varies within and across cities, necessitating detailed studies to understand diverse populations? specific vulnerabilities. This research assessed urban heat vulnerability at block group level in three Alabama cities: Birmingham...
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Kevin Cresswell, Diana Mitsova, Weibo Liu, Maria Fadiman and Tobin Hindle
Urbanization and warming climate suggest that health impacts from extreme heat will increase in cities, thus locating vulnerable populations is pivotal. However, heat vulnerability indices (HVI) overwhelmingly interpret one model that may be inaccurate o...
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Tumiar K. Manik, Syarifah Syaukat
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Samain Sabrin, Maryam Karimi and Rouzbeh Nazari
Extreme heat events at urban centers in combination with air pollution pose a serious risk to human health. Among these are financially distressed cities and neighborhoods that are facing enormous challenges without the scientific and technical capacity ...
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Gemma García-Blanco, Daniel Navarro and Efren Feliu
The paper exposes the experience of València in applying climate-resilient thinking to the current revision of the city?s General Urban Development Plan. A semi-quantitative, indicator-based risk assessment of heat stress was carried out on the 23 functi...
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Stefano Salata and Taygun Uzelli
It is well acknowledged that sustainable soil management can play a crucial role in reducing the vulnerability of urban areas, but are soil characteristics properly evaluated in the decision-making process concerning urbanization? Within this work, we co...
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Ndonaye Allarané, Vidjinnagni Vinasse Ametooyona Azagoun, Assouhan Jonas Atchadé, Follygan Hetcheli and Joanes Atela
Climate change and its corollaries suggest that urban planning tools and strategies need to integrate adaptation and resilience approaches into urban development. This study aims to inform decision makers and the scientific community of the importance of...
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Valeria Todeschi, Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo, Carlo Zanetti, Francesca Peroni and Massimo De Marchi
The mitigation of urban heat islands (UHIs) is crucial for promoting the sustainable development of urban areas. Geographic information systems (GISs) together with satellite-derived data are powerful tools for investigating the spatiotemporal distributi...
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