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Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat

Wong Nyuk Hien, Tan Chun Liang, Kolokotsa Dionysia, Takebayashi, Hideki

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/5B1E768D-D1E6-4C70-9C9C-D2208A08655D-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-00129-5-
Identifierhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-00129-5-
Languageen-
Extent16 pagesen
TitleGreenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heaten
CreatorWong Nyuk Hienen
CreatorTan Chun Liangen
CreatorKolokotsa Dionysiaen
CreatorΚολοκοτσα Διονυσιαel
CreatorTakebayashi, Hidekien
PublisherSpringer Natureen
Content SummaryThe absence of vegetation in urban areas contributes to the establishment of the urban heat island, markedly increasing thermal stress for residents, driving morbidity and mortality. Mitigation strategies are, therefore, needed to reduce urban heat, particularly against a background of urbanization, anthropogenic warming and increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves. In this Review, we evaluate the potential of green infrastructure as a mitigation strategy, focusing on greenery on the ground (parks) and greenery on buildings (green roofs and green walls). Green infrastructure acts to cool the urban environment through shade provision and evapotranspiration. Typically, greenery on the ground reduces peak surface temperature by 2–9 °C, while green roofs and green walls reduce surface temperature by ~17 °C, also providing added thermal insulation for the building envelope. However, the cooling potential varies markedly, depending on the scale of interest (city or building level), greenery extent (park shape and size), plant selection and plant placement. Urban planners must, therefore, optimize design to maximize mitigation benefits, for example, by interspersing parks throughout a city, allocating more trees than lawn space and using multiple strategies in areas where most cooling is required. To do so, improved translation of scientific understanding to practical design guidelines is needed.en
Type of ItemΑνασκόπησηel
Type of ItemReviewen
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2023-02-13-
Date of Publication2021-
SubjectClimate-change impactsen
SubjectClimate-change mitigationen
SubjectSustainabilityen
Bibliographic CitationN. H. Wong, C. L. Tan, D. D. Kolokotsa and H. Takebayashi, “Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat,” Nat. Rev. Earth. Environ., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 166–181, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.1038/s43017-020-00129-5.en

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