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Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments
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In this article, the authors present the state of the art on both the above technologies, when applied in the city scale, and present the definition of the limits, the boundaries and the conditions under which the considered technologies reach their better performance in a synthetic way.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 2014-05-01. It has received 1204 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban heat island & Green roof.read more
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Planning for Cooler Cities : A Framework to Prioritise Green Infrastructure to Mitigate High Temperatures in Urban Landscapes
Briony A. Norton,Andrew M. Coutts,Stephen J. Livesley,Richard Harris,Annie M. Hunter,Nicholas S.G. Williams +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a framework for prioritisation and selection of urban green infrastructure (UGI) for cooling, which is supported by a review of the scientific literature examining the relationship between urban geometry, UGI and temperature mitigation.
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Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action
Nadja Kabisch,Niki Frantzeskaki,Stephan Pauleit,Sandra Naumann,McKenna Davis,Martina Artmann,Dagmar Haase,Sonja Knapp,Horst Korn,Jutta Stadler,Karin Zaunberger,Aletta Bonn +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the various contexts in which nature-based solutions are relevant for climate mitigation and adaptation in urban areas, identify indicators for assessing the effectiveness of naturebased solutions and related knowledge gaps, and explore existing barriers and potential opportunities for increasing the scale and effectiveness of Nature-based solution implementation.
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Mitigating and adapting to climate change: Multi-functional and multi-scale assessment of green urban infrastructure
Matthias Demuzere,Kati Orru,Kati Orru,Oliver Heidrich,Eduardo Olazabal,Davide Geneletti,Hans Orru,Ajay Gajanan Bhave,Neha Mittal,Efren Feliu,Maija Faehnle +10 more
TL;DR: A framework of ecosystem services is suggested for systematizing the evidence on the provision of bio-physical benefits as well as social and psychological benefits that enable coping with or reducing the adverse effects of climate change.
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Using cool pavements as a mitigation strategy to fight urban heat island—A review of the actual developments
TL;DR: In this article, the main thermal and optical parameters defining the thermal performance of pavements are analyzed and the main technological achievements on both fields are reviewed while existing applications are described and performance data are given when available.
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State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs
TL;DR: In this article, a state-of-the-art review of green roofs emphasizing current implementations, technologies, and benefits is presented in order to show how green roofs may contribute to more sustainable buildings and cities.
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Urban greening to cool towns and cities: a systematic review of the empirical evidence.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used systematic review methodology to evaluate available evidence on whether greening interventions, such as tree planting or the creation of parks or green roofs, affect the air temperature of an urban area.