Sustaining our cities
Why do cities amplify heatwaves?
City grids intensify the urban heat island effect
Urban heat - not a myth, and worst where it's wet
Hot cities: the 'smart' response to urban heat threats
High-tech mirror to beam heat away from buildings into space
Cooling cities: strategies and technologies to mitigate urban heat
Research reveals effectiveness of urban heat-reducing technologies
More households could strain natural resouces and the environment
Megacities: emissions, urban, regional and global atmospheric pollution
Dense downtown living more carbon intense due to higher consumption
Quality and sensitivity of high-resolution numerical simulation of urban heat islands
A scenario analysis of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of a new residential area
New modeling reveals complex dynamics of climate change, heat-mitigating technologies
Anisotropic diffuse shortwave radiation on mean radiant temperature in outdoor urban environments
Urban design to reduce building energy use: Using CFD to inform better placement of buildings
Urban & rural surface energy budgets: heat waves explain synergies of urban heat islands & heat waves
Impact of air conditioning on heat island effect:
In a warming world, could air conditioning make things worse
Air conditioning unnecessary in the majority of heatwave conditions globally
Assessing summertime urban air conditioning consumption in a semiarid environment
Use of air conditioners increases night time temperatures, escalates demand for air conditioning
Vegetation in the city:
Expertise - green resources
Weighing the benefits of urban greening
Do urban 'heat islands' hint at trees of the future?
Urban warming slows tree growth, photosynthesis
Vegetation essential for limiting city warming effects
As world goes urban, new focus on role of trees in cities
Mitigating urban heat islands with trees is more effecctive in dry climates
Just add trees: How greening concrete jungles will help us adapt to a warming world
Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening
Rooftops moderate heat island effect:
Can white roofs help cool world's warming cities?
White roofs may partially offset summer warming by 2100
Researchers develop a rooftop device that can make solar power and cool buildings
Regional climate consequences of large-scale cool roof and photovoltaic array deployment
Role of green roofs in reducing heat stress in vuknerable urban communities - multidisciplinary approach
Top-of-atmosphere radiative cooling with white-roofs: experimental verification and model-based evaluation
Roadways, traffic & pavements impact on heat isalnd effect:
How roads can help cool sizzling cities
A technology in road markers could cool cities by up to 20C
"Green routing" can cut car emissions without significantly slowing travel time
Pavements designed to fight climate change could increase energy consumption in surrounding buildings
The use of reflective pavements as a potential practice for heat island mitigation & stormwater management
Regional:
Urban heat islands are warming the Arctic
Europe:
Tomorrow's office, today - UK's first energy-positive office opens in Swansea
Surface urban heat islands in 57 cities across different climates in Fennoscandia
North America:
Canadian cities adapt to extreme heat
A data-driven approach to cooling a city
LA tests cooling pavement paint to beat heat
US seasonal hydroclimatic impacts of Sun Corridor expansion
US cities ranked on basis of heat island effect on temperatures
Mid-Atlantic suburbs in the US can expect an early spring thanks to the heat of the big city
Green and cool roofs to mitigate urban heat island effects in Chicago: regional climate model evaluation
Asia:
Japan's strategy for reducing heat-island effects
Cool roofs in China offer enhanced benefits during heat waves
Urbanization and heterogeneous surface warming in Eastern China
Study reveals surprising role of haze in the warming of Chinese cities
The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in Indonesia
Australia:
After another hot summer, here are 6 ways to cool our cities in future
Urban trees and people's yards mitigate extreme heat in Western Adelaide
Australia: out in the heat - why poorer suburbs are more at risk in warming cities