TY - BOOK ID - 137012390 TI - Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technologies PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - cooling effect KW - urban park KW - thermal comfort KW - physiological equivalent temperature KW - perceived thermal comfort KW - urban heat island KW - air temperature KW - sustainable cities KW - smart cities KW - urban health KW - global warming KW - urban green spaces KW - sustainable urban development KW - climate change mitigation and adaptation KW - urban resilience  KW - heatwaves KW - urban overheating KW - urban heat island intensity KW - energy budget equation KW - sensible heat flux KW - latent heat flux KW - advective heat flux KW - Australian climatic conditions KW - coastal cities KW - desert climate KW - surface urban heat island effect KW - land use/land cover KW - partial least square regression KW - nonlinear programming KW - Shanghai KW - China KW - urban form KW - urban microclimate design KW - city KW - sustainability KW - sustainable development KW - cool roof KW - passive radiative cooling KW - metamaterials KW - prototype UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137012390 AB - This book is relevant to architects, urban designers, planners, and policy makers concerned with enhancing climate-sensitive urban form and planning. It discusses building and neighborhood design: layout and design features that maximize energy efficiency and thermal comfort without compromising the ability of other buildings to enjoy similar benefits; the use of interstitial spaces (piazzas, streets, and parks) to improve the microclimate at the neighbourhood-level; design intervention case studies; innovative uses of interstitial spaces to improve the local climate at the neighborhood level; and urban radiative cooling solutions to mitigate the unintended climate consequences of urban growth and suggestions for ways forward. ER -