Brazilian cities host 86% of the country's population and have been more intensely hit by
rising temperatures than the average of cities across the world over the last century …

Elderly people are more vulnerable than other age groups to the increasing urban heat risk
caused by both climate change and urbanization. This study developed a systematic method …

Increases in the frequency and intensity of heat waves are direct consequences of global
climate change with a higher risk for urban populations due to the urban heat island effect …

Brazil suffers yearly from extreme weather and climate events, which can be exacerbated in
a warmer climate. Although several studies have analyzed the projections of climate change …

More than half of the world's population currently live in urban areas and are particularly at
risk from the combined effects of the urban heat island phenomenon and heat increases due …

Projections indicate that if the expansion pattern of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region
(acronym RMSP) continues along historical lines, the urban area in 2030 will be …

In this study, an evaluation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Park Cool Island (PCI)
intensities in Aracaju, North-Eastern Brazil, was performed. The basis of our evaluation is a …

Climate change will worsen the high levels of urban vulnerability in Latin American cities
due to specific environmental stressors. Some impacts of climate change, such as high …

This study analyzes the influence of urban-geographical variables on determining heat
islands and proposes a model to estimate and spatialize the maximum intensity of urban …

The connexion between the regional climate and urban environment produces local
changes in most climate features and exacerbates the magnitude and frequency of the …