Constructing climate change scenarios of urban heat island intensity and air quality

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 902-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L Wilby
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat Island Intensity ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Dynamical Downscaling of Future Climate Change Scenarios in Urban Heat Island and Its Neighborhood in a Brazilian Subtropical Area

Proceedings ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Vinicius Bueno de Morais ◽  
Viviana Vanesa Urbina Guerrero ◽  
Leila Droprinchinski Martins ◽  
Jorge Alberto Martins
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Dynamical Downscaling ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Subtropical Area ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS IN URBAN HEAT ISLAND AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD USING DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING

2020 ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Marcos Vinicius Bueno de Morais ◽  
Viviana Vanesa Urbina Guerrero ◽  
Anderson Paulo Rudke ◽  
Thais Fujita ◽  
Leila Droprinchinski Martins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Dynamical Downscaling ◽  
Radiative Properties ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

According to IPCC reports, global climate change is likely to be accompanied by a greater frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves in urban areas. This is related to predicted and ongoing variation of atmospheric temperature and its association with the dynamical evolution of cities. Changes in the roughness pattern of the surface, wind intensity, soil available humidity and radiative properties compared to the natural surfaces characterize the formation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI). A dynamical downscaling of A2 and B1 SRES’s future scenarios from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were performed for Londrina, a medium-size city of Southern Brazil, using the Weather Research and Forecasting model. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of these scenarios on the UHI formation and intensity based on different input data, and its role and influence in the rural area. For this, an evaluation of the model and a comparison with the scenarios were done to mitigate the current trends. The results show a tendency in the current situation in following the pessimistic A2 scenario. Also, a drier rural area for the sustainable projection (B1) is found which implicates in a higher temperature and wind patterns modification for both sites, urban and rural region. Both future projections have a direct influence on the UHI intensity and formation, yielding effects in the agriculture and affecting conditions on human comfort over the region.

scholarly journals The Impact of Climate Change on Urban Thermal Environment Dynamics

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1159
Author(s):  
Igor Žiberna ◽  
Nataša Pipenbaher ◽  
Daša Donša ◽  
Sonja Škornik ◽  
Mitja Kaligarič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Urban Thermal Environment ◽  
The Impact

The human population is increasing. The ongoing urbanization process, in conjunction with climate change, is causing larger environmental footprints. Consequently, quality of life in urban systems worldwide is under immense pressure. Here, the seasonal characteristics of Maribor’s urban thermal environment were studied from the perspectives of surface urban heat island (SUHI) and urban heat island (UHI) A remote sensing thermal imagery time series and in-situ measurements (stationary and mobile) were combined with select geospatial predictor variables to model this atmospheric phenomenon in its most intensive season (summer). Finally, CMIP6 climate change scenarios and models were considered, to predict future UHI intensity. Results indicate that Maribor’s UHI intensity maximum shifted from winter to spring and summer. The implemented generalized additive model (GAM) underestimates UHI intensity in some built-up parts of the study area and overestimates UHI intensity in green vegetated areas. However, by the end of the century, UHI magnitude could increase by more than 60% in the southern industrial part of the city. Such studies are of particular concern, in regards to the increasing frequency of heat waves due to climate change, which further increases the (already present) heat stress in cities across the globe.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 lockdown upon the air quality and surface urban heat island intensity over the United Arab Emirates

2020 ◽  
pp. 144330
Author(s):  
Abduldaem S. Alqasemi ◽  
Mohamed E. Hereher ◽  
Gordana Kaplan ◽  
Ayad M. Fadhil Al-Quraishi ◽  
Hakim Saibi
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Urban Heat Island Intensity ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Surface Urban Heat Island

scholarly journals Comments about Urban Bioclimate Aspects for Consideration in Urban Climate and Planning Issues in the Era of Climate Change

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 546
Author(s):  
Andreas Matzarakis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation ◽  
Urban Heat

In the era of climate change, before developing and establishing mitigation and adaptation measures that counteract urban heat island (UHI) effects [...]

scholarly journals A System Dynamics Model to Facilitate the Development of Policy for Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Urban Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Robert Dare
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
System Dynamics Model ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Related Mortality

This article presents a customized system dynamics model to facilitate the informed development of policy for urban heat island mitigation within the context of future climate change, and with special emphasis on the reduction of heat-related mortality. The model incorporates a variety of components (incl.: the urban heat island effect; population dynamics; climate change impacts on temperature; and heat-related mortality) and is intended to provide urban planning and related professionals with: a facilitated means of understanding the risk of heat-related mortality within the urban heat island; and location-specific information to support the development of reasoned and targeted urban heat island mitigation policy.

LCZ scheme for assessing Urban Heat Island intensity in a complex urban area (Beirut, Lebanon)

Urban Climate ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 100846
Author(s):  
Nada Badaro-Saliba ◽  
Jocelyne Adjizian-Gerard ◽  
Rita Zaarour ◽  
Georges Najjar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Urban Heat Island Intensity ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Variation in Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity and Associated Determinants across Major Chinese Cities

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 3670-3689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Wang ◽  
Bo Huang ◽  
Dongjie Fu ◽  
Peter Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variation ◽  
Urban Heat Island Intensity ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Surface Urban Heat Island
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