The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening

Jelle A Hiemstra; Hadas Saaroni; Jorge H Amorim

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_2

The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening

Jelle A Hiemstra, Hadas Saaroni, Jorge H Amorim

School of the Environment and Earth Sciences

Applied Plant Research, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Atmospheric Environment Research Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden

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Abstract

As the majority of people living in cities around the world continues to grow, the challenges connected with life in densely populated urban areas are growing as well. One of the most prominent environmental features of urbanization is the tendency of temperatures in cities to gradually rise in comparison to their rural sur roundings, in a localized climatic phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Especially during periods of heat stress in warm-weather cities, the UHI may have a debilitating effect on the health and activity of the urban population. Urban green infrastructure in general, and urban trees and forests in particular, hold an unmatched potential as a means for mitigating the UHI effect and enhancing the thermal comfort of people in cities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Urban Forest
Subtitle of host publication	Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment
Editors	David Pearlmutter, Carlo Calfapietra, Roeland Samson, Liz O’Brien, Silvija Krajter Ostoić, Giovanni Sanesi, Rocío Alonso del Amo
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Chapter	2
Pages	7-19
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319502809
ISBN (Print)	9783319502793
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_2
State	Published - 2017

Publication series

Name	Future City Ser.
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Volume	7
ISSN (Print)	1876-0899

Keywords

Urban Heat Island
Urban Forest
Thermal Comfort
Green Space
Street Canyon

UN SDGs

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Hiemstra, J. A., Saaroni, H., & Amorim, J. H. (2017). The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening. In D. Pearlmutter, C. Calfapietra, R. Samson, L. O’Brien, S. K. Ostoić, G. Sanesi, & R. Alonso del Amo (Eds.), The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment (pp. 7-19). (Future City Ser.; Vol. 7). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_2

Hiemstra, Jelle A ; Saaroni, Hadas ; Amorim, Jorge H. / The Urban Heat Island : Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening. The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment. editor / David Pearlmutter ; Carlo Calfapietra ; Roeland Samson ; Liz O’Brien ; Silvija Krajter Ostoić ; Giovanni Sanesi ; Rocío Alonso del Amo. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017. pp. 7-19 (Future City Ser.).

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Hiemstra, JA, Saaroni, H & Amorim, JH 2017, The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening. in D Pearlmutter, C Calfapietra, R Samson, L O’Brien, SK Ostoić, G Sanesi & R Alonso del Amo (eds), The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment. Future City Ser., vol. 7, Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_2

The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening. / Hiemstra, Jelle A; Saaroni, Hadas; Amorim, Jorge H.
The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment. ed. / David Pearlmutter; Carlo Calfapietra; Roeland Samson; Liz O’Brien; Silvija Krajter Ostoić; Giovanni Sanesi; Rocío Alonso del Amo. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. p. 7-19 (Future City Ser.; Vol. 7).

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Hiemstra JA, Saaroni H, Amorim JH. The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening. In Pearlmutter D, Calfapietra C, Samson R, O’Brien L, Ostoić SK, Sanesi G, Alonso del Amo R, editors, The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2017. p. 7-19. (Future City Ser.). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_2

The Urban Heat Island: Thermal Comfort and the Role of Urban Greening

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