Counteracting Urban Heat Island Effects in a Global Climate Change Scenario

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Musco, Francesco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Remote sensing.; Physics.; Climate Change.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Energy Efficiency.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Applied and Technical Physics.

Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are a microclimatic phenomenon which manifests as a significant increase in the temperature of cities compared to their surrounding areas. Recently the phenomenon has been enforced by the tendency to climate change and in particular by extreme climate events. This book pres...