Urban Heat Island: Mechanisms, Implications, and Possible Remedies

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 285-307

  Phelan, Patrick E ^a   Kaloush, Kamil ^a   Miner, Mark ^a   Golden, Jay ^b   Phelan, Bernadette ^c   Silva, Humberto ^d   Taylor, Robert A ^e  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Synectics for Management Decisions Inc ^*  (United States)

^d MSC01 1070   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Impact; Mitigation; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR CONDITIONING LOAD; IMPACT; MAN MADE MATERIAL; MITIGATION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84946822910     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021155     Document Type: Article

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