An urban heat island (UHI) is a relative measure defined as a metropolitan area that is warmer than the surrounding suburban or rural areas. The UHI nomenclature includes a surface urban heat island (SUHI) definition that describes the land surface temperature (LST) differences between urban and suburban areas. The complexity involved in selecting an urban core and external thermal reference fo...

Urban Heat Island (UHI) is defined as the air temperature difference between the city and its surrounding areas. This phenomenon varies spatially (depending on the type of urban fabric constituting each neighborhood) and temporally (depending on the time of the day, on the season and on the weather conditions). This contribution proposes a methodology to model the UHI spatially and temporally u...

An urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby urban areas experience elevated temperatures relative to the surrounding rural hinterland. This thermal contrast is brought about by anthropogenic modification of the environment. For example, there is little bare earth and vegetation in urban areas. This means that less energy is used in evaporating water, less of the Sun’s energy is reflected...

Heat waves are unusually high temperature events over consecutive days and may cause adverse impacts such as morbidity mortality. The interaction between heat urban island (UHI) effects has remained a subject of debate, some studies prove wave-UHI synergy while others do not. Furthermore, affect tropical cities more severely than mid-latitude cities, but there is disproportionate lack wave focu...

Economic and social development of urban rural areas continues in parallel with the increase human population, especially developing countries, which leads to sustained expansion impervious surface areas, particularly paved surfaces. The conversion pervious surfaces significantly modifies local energy balance contributes heat island (UHI) formation, mainly densely developed cities. This paper r...

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a significant worldwide problem caused by rapid population growth and associated urbanization. The UHI effect exacerbates heat waves during the summer, increases energy and water consumption, and causes the high risk of heat-related morbidity and mortality. UHI mitigation efforts have increasingly relied on wisely designing the urban residential environ...

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