05283nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-51220-9 DE-He213 20251030112344.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240701s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031512209 978-3-031-51220-9 10.1007/978-3-031-51220-9 doi NA2542.36 AMCR bicssc ARC018000 bisacsh AMCR thema Aboulnaga, Mohsen. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79710 Livable Cities [electronic resource] : Urban Heat Islands Mitigation for Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Greening / by Mohsen Aboulnaga, Antonella Trombadore, Mona Mostafa, Ahmed Abouaiana. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XC, 750 p. 604 illus., 602 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Liveability – the Direction to Mitigating Urban Heat Islands’ Effect, Achieving Healthy, Sustainable, and Resilient Cities, and the Coverage -- 2. Understanding Urban Heat Island Effect – UHIE: Causes, Impacts, Factors and Strategies for Better Liveability, and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation -- 3. Urban Green Coverage as a Strategy for Mitigating High Temperatures in Cities -- 4. Global Cities’ Plans to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect Exploiting Urban Green Coverage -- 5. Urban Heat Islands Assessment and Urban Green Coverage in Large Cities – Cairo, Egypt and Rome, Italy -- 6. Environmental Framework for Mitigating High Temperatures in Global Cities by Exploiting Urban Green Coverage – Two Case Studies: Cairo, Egypt and Rome, Italy -- 7. Urban Green Coverage and its Role in Post COVID-19 Regulations and Recommendations. Livable Cities: Urban Heat Islands Mitigation for Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Greening elucidates on livability in urban areas, providing readers with definitions and indicators of what makes a city livable. It comprehensively introduces the urban heat island effect (UHIE) and offers strategies for mitigating high surface temperatures in metropolitan areas and adapting to climate change (CC). The coverage highlights the linkage between UHIE and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the socio-economic impacts of urban heat islands (UHIs), their effect on livability for citizens, and the costs and benefits of mitigating UHI. In addition, it encompasses background information about the problems and challenges that megacities face in the 21st century, followed by the cooling benefits that can be achieved from the different types of urban green coverage (UGC), whether conventional or innovative. The book presents case studies on six cities that have successfully applied UGC: Chicago (United States), Curitiba (Brazil), Stuttgart (Germany), Tokyo (Asia), Melbourne (Australia), and Johannesburg (South Africa). Additional case studies illustrate UHIE mapping in greater Cairo, Egypt, and Rome, Italy, to determine hot spot areas that need interventions and prioritization of UGC. Highlights also include the role of blue and green infrastructures in creating livable cities in the post-COVID-19 world, trends of bi-correlation between urban green spaces (UGSs), UGC, and COVID-19, and global patterns of UGSs to shape better healthy, sustainable, and resilient cities. Explains urban heat islands, their causes, and strategies for climate change adaptation to create livable cities; Highlights the role of urban green coverage in post-COVID-19 regulations in shaping more livable, sustainable, and resilient cities. Explores ways to reduce the urban heat island effect by exploiting urban greening to mitigate high temperatures in large cities like Cairo and Rome. Sustainable architecture. 66051 Energy policy. 61992 Energy and state. 66460 Urban ecology (Biology). 71430 Climatology. 62309 Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. 66054 Energy Policy, Economics and Management. 66461 Urban Ecology. 71431 Climate Sciences. 67755 Trombadore, Antonella. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79711 Mostafa, Mona. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79712 Abouaiana, Ahmed. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79713 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031512193 Printed edition: 9783031512216 Printed edition: 9783031512223 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51220-9 ZDB-2-EES ZDB-2-SXEE 61196 61196