The role of city size and urban form in the surface urban heat island

Abstract Urban climate is determined by a variety of factors, whose knowledge can help to attenuate heat stress in the context of ongoing urbanization and climate change. We study the influence of city size and urban form on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon in Europe and find a complex interpl...

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Main Authors: Bin Zhou, Diego Rybski, Jürgen P. Kropp
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/40ff296397b5449481c098527fefdac1
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