Surveying of Heat waves Impact on the Urban Heat Islands: Case study, the Karaj City in Iran

Ghobadi, Asad; Khosravi, Mahmood; Tavousi, Taghi

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2017.12.004

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“…Impact of urbanization on local climate in terms of temperature increase, particularly during nights and consequently increasing the intensity of heat waves, is well documented (Ghobadi et al, ; Li & Bou‐Zeid, ; Oke, ). The populations of Phoenix and Dallas have increased from about 107,000 to 1,600,000 and 434,000 to 1,200,000, respectively, during 1950 to 2010 (“U.S.…”

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Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties Across the United States

2019

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Heat waves are an important type of extreme climate event and directly result in more than 130 deaths per year across the United States. Heat waves have been described by several attributes and combinations which constitute various event typologies. Attributes of heat waves from 10 cities are analyzed over the period 1950–2016 to understand how these attributes determine variability in local heat waves and how climate change affects heat waves across the United States. This study uses eight definitions to differentiate heat waves and tests for temporal trends in key properties of heat waves over the period 1950–2016. At least five harmful attributes of heat waves have increased simultaneously for Dallas, Miami, New York, Phoenix, and Portland.Miami showed the greatest change in heat wave season length, frequency, and timing over the study period. Surprisingly, the greatest mean heat wave intensities above daily thresholds were for Bismarck, ND (+8.2 °C) and Syracuse, NY (+6.5 °C). Similar results across Baltimore, MD, Colorado Springs, CO, Dallas, TX, Des Moines, IA, Miami, FL, New York, NY, Phoenix, AZ, and Portland, OR, are presented to clarify the many quantitative differences in heat wave attributes and variance in quantification approaches across climates. This work explores the nexus of quantitative description and social construction of heat waves through the lens of the various regional metrics to describe heat waves. Ultimately, this assessment will guide the development of various strategies to help communities understand and prepare for heat resilience based on local heat wave components.

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Localized Changes in Heat Wave Properties Across the United States

2019

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“…Given the typical high expectation rate associated with greenery benefits perceived by citizens, the variability of these two conditions may be crucial for determining its reliability during particularly hot times of the day or, even worse, super dry or super wet heat waves. These peculiar circumstances, the frequency of which is rapidly increasing over recent decades and also interacting with UHI phenomenon (Ghobadi et al 2018;Ward et al 2016) may therefore exacerbate human risks imputable to overheating. In fact, while perception-based studies state that greenery and access to it from a visual and physical perspective are the key drivers toward better urban health and wellbeing (Jackson 2003), its passive cooling contribution may be largely compromised, if we see the same issue from a more physicalbased approach (Ward et al 2016).…”

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Progress in Urban Greenery Mitigation Science – Assessment Methodologies Advanced Technologies and Impact on Cities

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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Urban greenery is a natural solution to cool cities and provide comfort, clean air and significant social, health and economic benefits. This paper aims to present the latest progress on the field of greenery urban mitigation techniques including aspects related to the theoretical and experimental assessment of the greenery cooling potential, the impact on urban vegetation on energy, health and comfort and the acquired knowledge on the best integration of the various types of greenery in the urban frame. Also to present the recent knowledge on the impact of climate change on the cooling performance of urban vegetation and investigate and analyse possible technological solutions to face the impact of high ambient temperatures.

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“…The cold season lasts from November the March and the coldest month 1s February with a mean temperature of 9.2 °C (https://alborz.mporg.ir). Notably, over the past decades, this area has experienced warmer summers and a high rate of heat-related mortality (Ghobadi et al, 2018). Fig.…”

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