Urban Heat Islands
Observations, Impacts, and Adaptation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald M Yow (Eastern Kentucky University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1227-1251 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00063.x |
| OpenAlex | W1970393191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 133 |
Urban heat islands are a clear, well-documented example of an anthropogenic modification to climate that has an atmospheric, biological, and economic impact. This review shows how field-based and modeling studies continue to help unravel the factors that are responsible for heat island development and are providing a basis for the development and application of sustainable adaptation strategies. As urban areas continue to expand, there is a heightened awareness that scientific knowledge of the urban heat island must be more effectively communicated to architects, engineers, and planners and translated into intelligent urban design. Green roof technology is a case in point. This and other technologies are being slowly adopted, and research published since 2003 suggests that the pace with which many practical applications are put into practice should accelerate
Architectural engineering · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Meteorology · Pace · Political science · Sustainable development · Urban heat island · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization · Engineering · Environmental Science · Urban Green Space and Health · Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Analysis of land use/land cover change, population shift, and their effects on spatiotemporal patterns of urban heat islands in metropolitan Shanghai, China
Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities
The impact of urbanization and climate change on urban temperatures
Strong regulation of daily variations in nighttime surface urban heat islands by meteorological variables across global cities
Statistically Validated Urban Heat Island Risk Indicators for UHI Susceptibility Assessment
Assessment of heat mitigation capacity of urban greenspaces with the use of InVest urban cooling model, verified with day-time land surface temperature data
Landscape ecological enhancement and environmental inequalities in peri-urban areas, using flora as a socio-ecological indicator – The case of the greater Paris area
Urban ventilation and its potential for local warming mitigation
A site experiment on the effects of cool coating in a residential community under the tropical climate
An approach to examining performances of cool/hot sources in mitigating/enhancing land surface temperature under different temperature backgrounds based on landsat 8 image
A framework for addressing urban heat challenges and associated adaptive behavior by the public and the issue of willingness to pay for heat resilient infrastructure in Chongqing, China
Towards the next generation of green building for urban heat island mitigation
An integrated framework for jointly assessing spatiotemporal dynamics of surface urban heat island intensity and footprint
Influences of wind speed, sky conditions, land use and land cover characteristics on the magnitude of the urban heat island in Seoul
Estimating urban spatial temperatures considering anthropogenic heat release factors focusing on the mobility characteristics
Towards a satellite based monitoring of urban air temperatures
Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts
A historical review and assessment of urban heat island research in S ingapore
Operational definitions of justice produce different outcomes in urban heat resilience projects
Urban Data Analytics for Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Evaluation of temporal dynamics of land use and land surface temperature (LST) in Agartala city of India
Dynamics of land cover/land use with heat islands phenomenon and its ecological evaluation using remote sensing data (1992–2022)
A causal investigation of land use and land cover change on emerging urban heat island footprints in a mid-latitude region
The birth of cool
Évaluation et cartographie de la vulnérabilité à la chaleur dans l'agglomération de Montréal
Climatology at Urban Long-Term Ecological Research Sites
The energetic basis of the urban heat island
City size and the urban heat island
The 2003 Heat Wave in France
Thermal remote sensing of urban climates
On the impact of urban climate on the energy consumption of buildings
Two decades of urban climate research
Climate change and human health
Estimation of land surface temperature–vegetation abundance relationship for urban heat island studies
Canyon geometry and the nocturnal urban heat island
Assessment with satellite data of the urban heat island effects in Asian mega cities
Impact of regional climate change on human health
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
The Summer Climate of an Arctic Coastal Village
Characterizing the urban heat island in current and future climates in New Jersey
Study of green areas and urban heat island in a tropical city
World Urbanization Prospects
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |