Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Urban areas confront a number of environmental issues including excessive thermal stress
and concentrated emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants. In past decades, many …

Heat waves (HWs) are among the most damaging climate extremes to human society.
Climate models consistently project that HW frequency, severity, and duration will increase …

Abstract The recent International Panel on Climate Change report predicts the highly
urbanized Northeastern US to be at high risk to heat waves. Since urban residents and …

Increasing urbanization is likely to intensify the urban heat island effect, decrease outdoor
thermal comfort, and enhance runoff generation in cities. Urban green spaces are often …

Engineered pavements cover a large fraction of cities and offer significant potential for urban
heat island mitigation. Though rapidly increasing research efforts have been devoted to the …

Under the background of global warming, interaction between heat waves (HWs) and urban
heat island (UHI) has led to trends of increase in the intensity, frequency, and duration of …

In recent years, the urgent need for reducing building energy consumption has prompted the
scientific community to investigate and develop new adaptive materials for the built …

More than half of the world's current population resides in urban areas, and cities account for
roughly three-quarters of the total greenhouse gas emissions. Current and future trends in …

Observational data and the Princeton urban canopy model, with its detailed representation
of urban heterogeneity and hydrological processes, are combined to study evaporation and …