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Heat Islands
In this chapter, you will learn about urban heat islands and how they can be calculated from satellite measurements of thermal radiation from the...
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Urban Heat Islands
The nature of large cities, with their buildings, roadways, parking lots, and high densities of other impervious surfaces, lends itself to hotter...
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Mass tourism urban destinations and climate change in small islands: resilience to extreme rainfall in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are one of the main destinations for mass tourism in the European context, characterized by the absence of seasonality in tourist...
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Investigating radiation profiles and conducting risk assessment for ecological and environmental components on Vaan and Koswari islands in the Tuticorin group of islands, India
Natural radioactive concentration assessment was conducted on sediment, water, and biota obtained on Vaan and Koswari islands in the Tuticorin group...
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Place attachment, storms, and climate change in the Faroe Islands
Globally, people have always had to deal with climate-related hazards, and in the majority of places, they have adapted gradually. However, these...
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Drivers of shoreline change on Pacific coral reef islands: linking island change to processes
Reef islands are considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. While existing studies provide evidence of high...
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Small islands and climate change: analysis of adaptation policy in the Cayman Islands
Small, low-lying islands are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and development of effective adaptation strategies is regarded as an...
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Atoll Mangrove Progradation Patterns: Analysis from Jaluit in the Marshall Islands
Low-lying islands are vulnerable to coastal erosion, and mangroves, which can mitigate erosion, have suffered enormous losses in recent decades owing...
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Soils of the Brazilian Volcanic Islands
The Brazilian oceanic islandsOceanic islands are true laboratories for Pedology, where certain specific conditions are never replicated in the...
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Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Temperate Forest Trees and Arthropods
Purpose of ReviewOur goal is to provide an overview of how urban heat islands affect forests and synthesize recent literature on that topic. We...
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Effect of tourist activity on wastewater quality in selected wastewater treatment plants in the Balearic Islands (Spain)
Unregulated sewage discharge into the sea poses a considerable danger to marine ecosystems, with coastal regions being particularly vulnerable to...
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Toward sustainable waste management in small islands develo** states: integrated waste-to-energy solutions in Maldives context
Effective waste management is a major challenge for Small Island Develo** States (SIDS) like Maldives due to limited land availability. Maldives...
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Anthropogenic emission inventory and spatial analysis of greenhouse gases and primary pollutants for the Galapagos Islands
Climate change and air pollution are critical challenges that humanity is currently facing. Understanding the sources of emissions released into the...
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A system for the management of sandy shorelines under climate change: United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
A methodological framework is presented for the assessment of beach vulnerability to climate variability and change on small touristic islands. Based...
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A Near Four-Decade Time Series Shows the Hawaiian Islands Have Been Browning Since the 1980s
The Hawaiian Islands have been identified as a global biodiversity hotspot. We examine the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) using...
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Linking gender, climate change and security in the Pacific Islands Region: A systematic review
This systematic review aims to address gaps in understanding how concepts of gender, climate change and security are given meaning and linked in...
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Projected impacts of climate change on tourism in the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are a leading tourist destination. Their strong economic dependence on this sector makes them vulnerable to climate change. The...
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Multi-decadal coastal evolution of remote Pacific islands: armouring of Taha’a, Raiatea, Maupiti, and Rangiroa (French Polynesia)
Coastal urbanisation is not constrained only to heavily industrialised cities. It has reached the coastlines of French Polynesia islands (South...
