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… and human-caused climate changes have led to increases in heat events around the world. For example, in July 2012, an extreme heat wave hit the Chicago area, causing temperatures to skyrocket …
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… efforts were the first to map  a city's “islands”  of heat in a “sea” of lower-temperature surroundings. [...] … car technique with modern methodology to chart dangerous heat zones. Their approach uses thermometers in … city blocks; such data could help urban planners develop heat-mitigation policies in places without access to …
… This paper examines the phenomenon known as Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI), which increases the risk of heat-related human illnesses and mortality, using a global … on mortality and regional level definition of heat wave: a multi-city study in China. Sci. Total Environ. …
… help protect Miamians from the growing impacts of extreme heat. Among the tools included as part of CAMP is the newest … that demonstrate the dangerous impacts of extreme heat on Miami’s underserved communities. In April 2022, … of their incomes on housing. At the same time, extreme heat is responsible for claiming more lives than any other …
… development programmes. Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Heat Waves and Cold Waves, Dengue, JE and COVID-19 have been … cooperation with the private sector. Following the first wave of COVID-19 last year, it became imperative to better … numbers of Incidences for JE, Dengue, Drought, Floods, Heat waves, Cold waves and Cyclone during 1995-2020. 48 …
… densely populated areas. These areas are known as "urban heat islands" and experience higher temperatures than others … of buildings and roads that absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat and fewer trees that provide shade. [...] Data collected … part of the photographic data. [...] “Reducing the urban heat island effect is critical in our work to protects …
… climate indicators addressed (surface temperature, ocean heat content, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, … 8 Ocean Heat Content … Risk Reduction. In fact, extreme events, such as storms, heat waves drought and flood, etc. and slow onset events such … coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction. Scientific Reports, [online] 7(1). Available …

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