LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Slicing five miles through this southern city’s downtown, Broadway shows just how challenging it can be for a sweltering urban center to beat the dangerous summer heat. Louisville’s main drag leaves the upscale and relatively leafy Highlands neighborhood and heads west, where it widens to seven lanes of black asphalt and enters […]
Urban heat islands are caused because concrete—which dominates the city landscape—absorb solar radiation very quickly and release it very slow. What are its impacts and how can we reduce it?
Overheating in buildings is a growing problem in the UK and can cause both discomfort and a negative environmental impact. We explore how sustainable construction can minimise overheating in dwellings.
Green roofing is a concept that has been gaining traction in recent years as cities around the world grapple with the effects of urban heat islands (UHIs).
How built-up cities and higher temperatures threaten human health.
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A draft plan for Australia’s hottest capital city, Darwin, proposes a suite of measures to combat urban heat island effects in its central business district.
Green roofing is a concept that has been gaining traction in recent years as cities around the world grapple with the effects of urban heat islands (UHIs).
Planting trees is a cost-effective way to tackle urban air pollution, which is a growing problem for many cities, a study suggests.
The urban heat island effect poses increasing morbidity and mortality challenges in a warming world. This Review discusses how urban vegetation — specifically, green parks, green roofs and green walls — can be used as a strategy to mitigate heat.
An urban heat island can cause a host of problems, including smog formation and the excessive reliance on air-conditioning in summer months.
President Biden says he's taking action to cool deadly urban heat islands, but it's not enough because ... cars.
KOGAA’s Air Square installation provides a viable solution against the intersection of social and climate justice related issues, namely urban heat islands, by activating underutilized public spaces for communal use through providing shade and a place for community gathering.
Urban Heat Island (Uhi) Mitigation: Hot and Humid Regions
How concrete, asphalt and urban heat islands add to the misery of heat waves
Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come
