Lee Chapman

TL;DR: In this article, an assessment of new technologies including alternative transport fuels to break the dependence on petroleum is presented, although it appears that technological innovation is unlikely to be the sole answer to the climate change problem.

TL;DR: The last decade has seen a considerable increase in the amount and availability of remotely sensed data, which can be beneficial for a number of uses, such as urban heat island measurements as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The results illustrate that a concentration of "very high" risk people live within the urban heat island, and this should be taken into account by urban planners and city centre environmental managers when considering climate change adaptation strategies or heatwave alert schemes.

TL;DR: If appropriate validation and quality control procedures are adopted and implemented, crowdsourcing has much potential to provide a valuable source of high temporal and spatial resolution, real-time data, especially in regions where few observations currently exist, thereby adding value to science, technology and society.

TL;DR: This article reviews and assesses the current status of urban meteorological networks, by examining the fundamental scientific and logistical issues related to these networks, and making recommendations for future deployments based on the challenges encountered by existing networks.