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Impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect on Ozone Pollution in Chengdu City, China
With the advancement of urbanization, the urban heat island effect and ozone pollution have become hot issues in urban research. The urban heat...
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Surface Regional Heat (Cool) Island Effect and Its Diurnal Differences in Arid and Semiarid Resource-based Urban Agglomerations
With the rapid development of urban agglomerations in northwest arid and semiarid regions of China, the scope of the urban heat island (UHI) effect...
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Variations in Surface Urban Heat Island and Urban Cool Island Intensity: A Review Across Major Climate Zones
The climate has an impact on the urban thermal environment, and the magnitude of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) and urban cool island (UCI)...
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Spatio-temporal Evolution Characteristics and Driving Forces of Winter Urban Heat Island: A Case Study of Rapid Urbanization Area of Fuzhou City, China
Under the influence of anthropogenic and climate change, the problems caused by urban heat island (UHI) has become increasingly prominent. In order...
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Study on water cooling island effects under different climatic conditions
Water bodies are regarded as effective tools to improve urban thermal environment. However, there is little information regarding the impacts of the...
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Influence of urban land-use change on cold-air path occurrence and spatial distribution
The urban population is predicted to reach a 70% share of global population by mid-century. Future urbanization might be directed along several...
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Basic Features of the Urban Heat Island (UHI)
The observational features of the UHI are outlined. The urban–rural difference in surface air temperature (ΔTu–r) is largest in calm cloudless nights...
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Urban water bodies mitigate heat waves, the case of the Chinese city Kunming
With the continuous deepening of global warming and urbanization processes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing....
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Tokyo Heat Island Adaptation Measures
“It is difficult to improve the quality of life because Tokyo is already so developed. Tokyo has come about without any urban planning,” said former...
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City Burning: New Approaches to Measure the UHI and Its Effect on Urban Energy Balance
Climate change represents one of the main threats to which our planet is called to respond. IPCC highlights how to climate variability will intensify...
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Predicting Surface Urban Heat Island in Meihekou City, China: A Combination Method of Monte Carlo and Random Forest
Given the rapid urbanization worldwide, Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect has been a severe issue limiting urban sustainability in both large and small...
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Part K: ZB VIII—Zonobiome of the Taiga or of the Cold Temperate Boreal Climate
The boreal zone, the Zonobiome VIII, begins where the climate becomes too unfavourable for the hardwood-deciduous species, i.e. where the summers...
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Land Surface Temperature in an Arid City: Assessing Spatio-temporal Changes
The sprawl of urban areas and its consequent alteration of the Earth’s surface lead to problems with rising temperatures. This research aims to...
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Green Roofs in Fraser Lowland and Vancouver Island Ecoregions
This chapter presents case studies of four conservation sites and seven green roofs located in western British Columbia in the ecoregions of the...
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Effect of human settlements on urban thermal environment and factor analysis based on multi-source data: A case study of Changsha city
In view of the lack of comprehensive evaluation and analysis from the combination of natural and human multi-dimensional factors, the urban surface...
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Part J: ZB VII—Zonobiome of Steppes and Cold Deserts or of Arid Temperate Climate
This continental zonobiome VII extends in Eurasia from the mouth of the Danube through E Europe and Asia almost to the Yellow Sea. In N America, it...
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Introduction
We are obsessed with the Aleutian Islands, a malady that struck in 1983 when we spent an incredible summer in a couple of shacks on the west coast of...
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The effect of pandemics towards sustainable architectural evolution
The pandemic has hit the world since 165 CE, which has impacted on how the planners, architects, and authorities responded to its condition until...
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Influences of Seasonal Freezing and Thawing on Soil Water-stable Aggregates in Orchard in High Cold Region, Northeast China
Soil aggregate stability, as an important indicator of soil functions, may be affected by seasonal freezing and thawing (SFT) and land use in high...
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Coastal vulnerability considering combined effect of tropical cyclones and future sea level rise
One of the crucial manifestations of climate change is Sea Level Rise (SLR). On the other hand, Tropical Cyclones (TCs) cause a huge devastation in...
