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An evidence-based review of impacts, strategies and tools to mitigate urban heat islands

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dc.contributor.authorFilho W.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIcaza L.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEmanche V.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAl-Amin A.Q.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57210792153en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57189075828en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57200033560en_US
dc.contributor.authorid23481119100en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:37:27Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:37:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionclimate change; climate effect; health risk; heat island; planning process; public health; strategic approach; urban climate; urban planning; city planning; climate change; diagnosis; heat; human; public health; systematic review; city; environmental health; heat; procedures; Cities; City Planning; Environmental Health; Hot Temperature; Humans; Public Healthen_US
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of climate changes on cities, which are home to over half of the world�s population, are already being felt. In many cases, the intensive speed with which urban centres have been growing means that little attention has been paid to the role played by climatic factors in maintaining quality of life. Among the negative consequences of rapid city growth is the expansion of the problems posed by urban heat islands (UHIs), defined as areas in a city that are much warmer than other sites, especially in comparison with rural areas. This paper analyses the consistency of the UHI-related literature in three stages: first it outlines its characteristics and impacts in a wide variety of cities around the world, which poses pressures to public health in many different countries. Then it introduces strategies which may be employed in order to reduce its effects, and finally it analyses available tools to systematize the initial high level assessment of the phenomenon for multidisciplinary teams involved in the urban planning process. The analysis of literature on the characteristics, impacts, strategies and digital tools to assess on the UHI, reveals the wide variety of parameters, methods, tools and strategies analysed and suggested in the different studies, which does not always allow to compare or standardize the diagnosis or solutions. � 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo1600
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph14121600
dc.identifier.issue12
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85038858409
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038858409&doi=10.3390%2fijerph14121600&partnerID=40&md5=a4b8c4300ded5cde676045fc4bd1df05
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/23018
dc.identifier.volume14
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold, Green
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.titleAn evidence-based review of impacts, strategies and tools to mitigate urban heat islandsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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