Abstract The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a phenomenon that affects many millions of people
worldwide. The higher temperatures experienced in urban areas compared to the …

Economic and social development of urban and rural areas continues in parallel with the
increase of the human population, especially in developing countries, which leads to …

Over the past years the concern of the international scientific community towards the study of
the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon has been growing. Such issue is particularly …

Porous Concrete (PC) pavements have been gaining a lot of attention in recent years
because of the many advantages they can provide, especially in urban areas because they …

With the rapid expansion of urbanization around the world, the urban heat island effect
embraced an enormous negative impact on megacities, including energy, environment and …

In the last few decades, researchers have sought ways to counterbalance the effect of the
urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon of increased urban temperatures resulting from …

Transport infrastructures are lifelines: They provide transportation of people and goods, in
ordinary and emergency conditions, thus they should be resilient to increasing natural …

Changes in weather patterns directly impact urban transport infrastructures. The increase in
temperature and the ongoing precipitation changes should be handled and managed more …

Urban heat islands (UHI) are one of the unequivocal effects of the ongoing process of
climate change: anthropized areas suffer extreme heat events that affect the human …

Cool pavements are reflective and/or permeable pavements that improve microclimate of
urban areas where heat islands cause discomfort to citizens. Stone pavements lower …