Urban Heat Islands effect

This study integrates urban heat island (UHI) risk assessment with green space accessibility analysis to locate mismatches between heat risk mitigation need and green provision, and identifies the most vulnerable populations.

Data from personal weather stations power a novel way to detect urban heat islands.

A team of researchers at Kyoto University set out to investigate how the reduction in urban heat release could help mitigate and control the rapid development of thunderstorms and local rainfall.

The study aims to provide a clear picture of Bangkok’s Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, starting by understanding the magnitude of heat and its locations.

This study applies the City-HEAT tool to explore how Baltimore can adapt to extreme heat through urban heat island (UHI) mitigation.

New research shows that a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths due to human-induced climate change and that people living in cities are at a higher risk of dying from heatwaves than regional areas.

The city has 220 public schools, and thanks to the Trust for Public Land's (TPL's) Green Community Schoolyards programme, the asphalt playgrounds of these schools will be transformed into parks and green spaces, starting from one school to the next.

Waste heat from cars, together with sealed road and car park surfaces, contributes to the generation of urban heat. This affects the quality of life and poses a health risk. As temperatures rise, it is time to act.

City architects in ancient Rome called for narrowing streets to lessen late afternoon temperatures. Narrow streets were found to cool the air by limiting the area exposed to direct sunlight.

Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered “green roofs,” street-level vegetation or solar panels, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.