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2021, Academia Letters
Energy Procedia
UHI effects and strategies to improve outdoor thermal comfort in dense and old neighbourhoods2017 •
Jurnal Teknologi
Urban Design Guidelines to Mitigate Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effects In Hot-Dry Cities2015 •
Cities are major sources of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and the effects of mass urbanization upon the environment have now become clear. Great opportunities exist within cities for tackling climate change. Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a phenomenon where significant temperature difference between inner micro-climates of a city and their neighboring micro-climates can be perceived. Mitigation of UHI effects can positively contribute to alleviate detriments of climate change. This research project aims to investigate effective and resilient UHI mitigation strategies and to provide guidance for their application in future. A review of literature indicates that UHI is a growing problem in the UK and that mitigation of such effects would enhance sustainable development at urban scale. The lack of guidance for designers and planners looking into mitigating the UHI effect is also identified. Utilizing ENVI-met simulations and through Urban Futures Assessment Method (UFAM), this research identifies and tests resilient and effective UHI mitigation strategies. Results show that building form, orientation and layout are among the most effective UHI mitigation strategies. Trees, shrubs and grass (TSG), and use of high albedo materials (HAM) in external building surfaces are also indicated as effective measures whose success is dependent on building form. All assessed mitigation strategies (TSG, HAM, UIWB) are shown to have a similar level of resilience which could be improved if properly future-proofed against subsequent changes. Accordingly some practical suggestions are provided to help improve the resilience of tested UHI mitigation strategies.
2009 •
Sustainable Cities and Society
Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigating strategies: A case-based comparative analysis2015 •
2011 •
Architecture and Urbanism, 52 magazine
REDUCING URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND IMPROVING THE THERMAL COMFORT OF RESIDENTS -A NATURE-BASED SOLUTION РЕДУКЦИЈА УРБАНИХ ТОПЛОТНИХ ОСТРВА И ПОБОЉШАЊЕ ТОПЛОТНОГ КОМФОРА СТАНОВНИКА -РЕШЕЊЕ ЗАСНОВАНО НА ПРИРОДИ2021 •
Reduction of Urban Heat Islands and Improving the Thermal Comfort of Residents “A Nature-based Solution”, urban block in the city of Abu Dhabi Authour: Ph.D Tomislav Đorđević arch. ABSTRACT The benefits of urban blue-green infrastructures are well known: they intercept airborne three-atom particles reducing pollution levels; they provide shade and cooling by evapotranspiration. The focus of this paper is set to demonstrate these methods as remote sensing and multi-spectral analyses and can be a very useful addition to the quantification of blue-green infrastructures for cooling and shading, especially in the highly complex geometry of city blocks. The basic aim of this research is to attempt to reduce urban heat islands and by that to indirectly influence the comfort of living. By means of multi-spectral analysis the cause/effect relationship of the envelope of the built up structures and of the solar radiation distribution on the environment could be established as well as the estimation of the lack of vegetation on the parcel/block (an important tool for urban planners). This state-of-the-art methodology was applied on the optimized prediction concept of vegetation resources. Now it is possible to create a model that will incorporate this newly-added urban vegetation into urban plans depending on the evaporation potential that will affect the microclimate of the urban area. Such natural cooling can be measured and adapted and hence aimed at a potential decrease in the area with UHI emission. As a case study, the part of seacoast urban block (Abu Dhabi UE,) was analysed with and without street treeline – green facades and roofs. It was concluded that green infrastructure reduced the land surface temperature by up to 4.5 ˚C. Keywords: urban heat islands (UHI), land surface temperature (LST), land use and land cover (LULC), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)
2017 •
1 ABSTRACT The climate change projections for the Austrian cities indicate that the observed warming trend, including frequent occurrences of extreme heat events, is expected to continue in the coming decades. Due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, caused by modification of energy balance in the built-up environment, the cities are warmer than their rural surroundings and therefore more exposed to negative impacts of climate change. During prolonged heat wave events, the excess in heat combined with reduced night-time cooling, decreased ventilation and possible air pollution can cause severe health impacts on the urban population. Developing measures for reduction of the UHI effect is important in the context of sustainable urban development and climate sensitive urban planning. Number of counteracting measures such as increase in vegetation, green open spaces, green roofs, unsealing of paved surfaces, decreasing absorption of solar radiation by increasing the reflectiveness of ...
High temperature in the city centers than its' surroundings known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which is causing discomfort to the urban dwellers in the summer time is gaining much attention around the world because the world is getting urbanized as it advances in technology. Alterations of surface area, improper urban planning, air pollution, etc. are causing this increasingly growing phenomenon and it is accountable for human discomfort, human casualties and decline of climate. In this paper, an attempt has been taken to review various measures to encounter UHI effect and the processes by which these strategies work is described with diagrams. Using high albedo materials and pavements, green vegetation and green roofs, urban planning, pervious pavements, shade trees and existence of water bodies in city areas are the potential UHI mitigation strategies on which discussion is done in this paper with their limitations. Green vegetation seems to be the most effective measure and other strategies can play a major role under proper condition.
RIDE Revista Iberoamericana Para La Investigación y el Desarrollo Educativo
Competencias docentes para la educación en línea2021 •
JURNAL PETERNAKAN NUSANTARA
Pengaruh Ekstrak Daun the Hijau (Camellia Sinensis) Pada Pembuatan Naget Daging Sapi Terhadap Daya Awet2019 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW)
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Critical Review of Public Policies for the Rehabilitation of Housing Stock: The Case of Barcelona2021 •
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Brain Research Bulletin
Catecholaminergic region A15 in the bovine and porcine hypothalamus1995 •
Applied sciences
Evaluation of Proton-Induced Biomolecular Changes in MCF-10A Breast Cells by Means of FT-IR Microspectroscopy2022 •
Applied Geochemistry
Quantitative-spatial assessment of the risks associated with high Pb loads in soils around Lavrio, Greece2002 •
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Lol , mdr and ptdr : An inclusive and gradual approach to discourse markers2012 •
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Cervical Cancer and Screening Method: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Women Living in Adama Town2019 •
Environmental health perspectives
In Utero Fine Particle Air Pollution and Placental Expression of Genes in the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling Pathway: An ENVIRONAGE Birth Cohort Study2015 •
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Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
Risk Factors For Development Of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis2015 •
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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Development of a Label-Free Immunosensor for Clusterin Detection as an Alzheimer's Biomarker2018 •
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Medical & biological engineering & computing
An implantable ENG detector with in-system velocity selective recording (VSR) capability2016 •