Heatwaves constitute a major threat to human health and ecosystems. Projected increases
in heatwave frequency and severity thus lead to the need for prediction to enhance …

This paper presents a bibliometric review of the history and evolution of Urban Heat
Mitigation and Adaptation (UHMA) from 1989 to 2021 to identify its research progress …

Urban heat has affected numerous cities with increasingly severe environmental, social,
economic, and health impacts. It is urgent to develop plans and take actions to beat the heat …

Urban parks can cool the urban environment and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Quantifying the park cooling effect and its relationships with park characteristics is important …

Indian cities have frequently observed intense and severe heat waves for the last few years.
It will be primarily due to a significant increase in the variation in heat wave characteristics …

Heat is a dangerous hazard that causes acute heat illness, chronic disease exacerbations,
adverse pregnancy outcomes, and a range of injuries. Risks are highest during extreme …

Urban areas housing 55% of the global population consume nearly 75% of the global
primary energy supply. Rapid population growth and the current pace of urbanization are …

In late June 2021, an extreme heatwave impacted much of western North America, including
British Columbia (and later, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan and …

Heat is an increasing climate risk for cities due to climate change and the urban heat island
effect. Extreme heat has inequitable impacts across social, economic, and urban …

Abstract Forty years (1980–2019) of reanalysis data were used to investigate climatology
and trends of heat stress in the Caribbean region. Represented via the Universal Thermal …