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Displaying 8 of about 8 results… report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves. The danger posed by extreme heat in urban centers—particularly in the global South—defies …
… in the United States to understand which aspects of urban heat are included or not in city plans and what factors explain inclusion. Heat has become a central concern for cities everywhere, but … MET Heat-Health Watch response to the 2003 European heat wave, the Environmental Protection Agen- cies Excessive Heat …
… many structures through the spread of flames and radiant heat and the deposition of burning embers over a short period … produce a wider zone or band of flames. Fire intensity: heat energy released per unit time per unit length of part of … flame front, the linear rate of fire spread, and the net heat of combustion. Note 3 to entry: Fire intensity is …
… Electricity demand 53 3.7 Impact sectors: public health 54 Heat 54 Air quality 56 Vector-borne diseases 57 3.8 Impact … for Lower Roxbury, from Stawasz et al., 2019. 56 3.3 Urban heat island design proposal for Lower Roxbury, from Stawasz … the study points out that during an East Coast heat wave, the Boston MBTA’s “T” experienced rail kinks that …
… (MJO) [10–14]. Mesoscale mechanisms include Trade Wave Disturbances (TWD), Easterly Wave Disturbances (EWD), … Moazzam, M.F.U. Spatio-temporal variation of seasonal heat islands mapping of Pakistan during 2000–2019, using … S.; Xu, W.; Zhang, J.; Feng, R.; Santosh, M. Terrestrial heat flow and lithospheric thermal structure in the Chagan …
… the challenges of climate change - including the urban heat island effect, droughts and more intense flooding - many … environmental benefits. They can ameliorate the ‘urban heat island effect’ and reduce air temperatures through … temperatures, inversion layer formation, urban canyons, heat islands, heat stress/waves exacerbating poor air quality …
… solid fuel due to burning) exposure .................. the heat energy from flames, radiation, and/or embers that are … or structure that, when burning, generates an exposure of heat, flames, and embers target ....................... the … fire or a shrub fire. While these exposures can generate heat fluxes of 15 kW/m2 locally, these exposures are very …
… of fossil fuels–that release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gasses into the atmosphere. Future emission …