Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Urban Heat Island Effects and Mitigation Strategies in Saudi Arabian Cities
The urban heat island phenomenon is an important factor to be considered in fostering sustainability in urban areas. It has been acknowledged that the phenomenon has relationships with energy consumption, human thermal comfort and general well-being. This chapter examines the effects of urban heat island and the adaptation and mitigation strategies in a desert environment by using Saudi Arabia as a case study. It presents cases of Saudi cities on the issue of UHI and highlights, through a review, the mitigation and adaptation strategies. The strategies include establishing urban green parks, planting trees along road centerlines and implementing public transit projects. It also examines the challenges to these measures. It concludes that more successes can be achieved by exploring other strategies such as cool/green roof and sponge city development.
Urban Heat Island Effects and Mitigation Strategies in Saudi Arabian Cities
The urban heat island phenomenon is an important factor to be considered in fostering sustainability in urban areas. It has been acknowledged that the phenomenon has relationships with energy consumption, human thermal comfort and general well-being. This chapter examines the effects of urban heat island and the adaptation and mitigation strategies in a desert environment by using Saudi Arabia as a case study. It presents cases of Saudi cities on the issue of UHI and highlights, through a review, the mitigation and adaptation strategies. The strategies include establishing urban green parks, planting trees along road centerlines and implementing public transit projects. It also examines the challenges to these measures. It concludes that more successes can be achieved by exploring other strategies such as cool/green roof and sponge city development.
Urban Heat Island Effects and Mitigation Strategies in Saudi Arabian Cities
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements
Enteria, Napoleon (Herausgeber:in) / Santamouris, Matteos (Herausgeber:in) / Eicker, Ursula (Herausgeber:in) / Aina, Yusuf A. (Autor:in) / Parvez, Irshad M. (Autor:in) / Balogun, Abdul-Lateef (Autor:in) / Adam, Elhadi (Autor:in)
15.12.2020
14 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Urban sustainability , Urban heat island , Energy consumption , Urban greening , Thermal remote sensing , Urban climate Environment , Climate Change , Climate Change Management and Policy , Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning , Environmental Management , Sustainable Development , Earth and Environmental Science