Numerous studies over the past several decades focused on the effect of the Urban Heat Island. Initial efforts on understanding the factors affecting UHI contributed to proceed the appropriate solutions and mitigation strategies. Mitigation strategies comprise increase both urban albedo (reflectivity to solar radiation), and evapotranspiration. Albedo increases are obtained through high albedo roofing and paving technologies. An increase in evapotranspiration is achieved through a combination of decreasing the fraction of impervious surfaces and planting vegetation in urban areas. The outdoor thermal comfort is influenced by the perception and satisfaction of the pedestrians, especially in hot and arid climates. Consequently, this work focu...
The bioclimatic construction tendency is of top importance for building specialists all over the wo...
International audienceThe use of vegetation is one of the effective methods to combat the increasing...
Due to the ongoing global warming, heat mitigation strategies are becoming implemented through prac...
Numerous studies over the past several decades focused on the effect of the Urban Heat Island. Initi...
In this century, the world has already witnessed the biggest increasein its population in human hist...
The last 25 years have been ground-breaking in architectural design on low energy consumption in col...
The urban heat island (UHI) is one of the more commonly documented phenomena of climate change. It i...
Climate urban design is today a topical issue dealt with in many recent studies. This paper aims to ...
The urban heat island "UHI" phenomenon, frequently detected in cities with high urban density, leads...
AbstractDesigning climatically responsive dwellings not only can achieve thermal comfort for occupan...
In summer, temperatures in cities may rise, thereby inducing the so-called « urban heat island » and...
The recent inadvertent development of urban areas alongside the global climate change has highlighte...
Todays, most Iraqi cities suffer from extremely hot-dry climate for long periods throughout the year...
Improving microclimate can be a critical consideration when designing urban places, especially in ho...
Urbanization, with artificial surfaces replacing natural land, more anthropogenic heat and urban geo...
The bioclimatic construction tendency is of top importance for building specialists all over the wo...
International audienceThe use of vegetation is one of the effective methods to combat the increasing...
Due to the ongoing global warming, heat mitigation strategies are becoming implemented through prac...
Numerous studies over the past several decades focused on the effect of the Urban Heat Island. Initi...
In this century, the world has already witnessed the biggest increasein its population in human hist...
The last 25 years have been ground-breaking in architectural design on low energy consumption in col...
The urban heat island (UHI) is one of the more commonly documented phenomena of climate change. It i...
Climate urban design is today a topical issue dealt with in many recent studies. This paper aims to ...
The urban heat island "UHI" phenomenon, frequently detected in cities with high urban density, leads...
AbstractDesigning climatically responsive dwellings not only can achieve thermal comfort for occupan...
In summer, temperatures in cities may rise, thereby inducing the so-called « urban heat island » and...
The recent inadvertent development of urban areas alongside the global climate change has highlighte...
Todays, most Iraqi cities suffer from extremely hot-dry climate for long periods throughout the year...
Improving microclimate can be a critical consideration when designing urban places, especially in ho...
Urbanization, with artificial surfaces replacing natural land, more anthropogenic heat and urban geo...
The bioclimatic construction tendency is of top importance for building specialists all over the wo...
International audienceThe use of vegetation is one of the effective methods to combat the increasing...
Due to the ongoing global warming, heat mitigation strategies are becoming implemented through prac...