Urban heat

Urban infrastructure can be one of the most powerful tools to keep people cool, without relying on energy-hungry air conditioning. The key is focusing on "surface infrastructure" — the places where the physical city and the atmosphere interact.

Summers have been heating up for decades and they’ll only get hotter if heat-trapping pollution continues — making future summers in Minneapolis feel more like current summers in Tulsa.

This study focuses on a fast-developing city in India, and employs a comprehensive methodology to build climate resilience through capacity building of faculty, students, stakeholders, and dissemination efforts targeting the public and school children.

This study analyzes the spatial and temporal variation of air temperature in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) using dynamic climate modeling

The urban heat island sits in a rural heat ocean.

With heatwaves hitting Canada harder and more often, there’s a need to rethink how we design homes and neighbourhoods. Speaking with three UBC experts, they explain how smarter design and nature-based solutions can keep Canadians cool, safe and healthy.

This report explores the emerging challenge of extreme heat, explaining what is at stake, what cities are doing, and what needs to happen next.

To enable cities to adapt to extreme heat, authorities must clearly understand the risks and which solutions work best for whom.