Abstract Purpose of Review The Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a well-studied phenomenon,
whereby urban areas are generally warmer than surrounding suburban and rural areas. The …

Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable
urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability …

Exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF)(frequencies of 100 kHz to
300 GHz) has been steadily increasing. In addition to heat-related effects of RF EMF, other …

Cities around the world face many environmental health challenges including contamination
of air, water and soil, traffic congestion and noise, and poor housing conditions exacerbated …

This paper proposes and assesses policy options to achieve the objectives of the EU marine
litter strategy, based on the existing EU legislation. A group of experts and stakeholders was …

Abstract Maintaining good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in English schools in terms of
overheating and air quality is important for the health and educational performance of …

Global environmental change has degraded ecosystems. Challenges such as climate
change, resource depletion (with its huge implications for human health and wellbeing), and …

A decision support system for evaluating UK air quality policies is presented. It combines the
output from a chemistry transport model, a health impact model and other impact models …

Climate change is thought to be one of the greatest public health threats of the 21st century
and there has been a tremendous growth in the published literature describing the health …

Towns and cities generally exhibit higher temperatures than rural areas for a number of
reasons, including the effect that urban materials have on the natural balance of incoming …