Counteracting urban climate change: adaptation measures and their effect on thermal comfort

Passive cooling design options to ameliorate thermal comfort in urban streets of a Mediterranean climate (Athens) under hot summer conditions

(2012) Limor Shashua-Bar et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Optical and thermal characterisation of cool asphalts to mitigate urban temperatures and building cooling demand

(2012) Emiliano Carnielo et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Numerical simulation of greening effects for idealised roofs with regional climate forcing

(2012) G¨unter Gross   METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

Analysis of the microclimatic and human comfort conditions in an urban park in hot and arid regions

(2011) Ayman Hassaan Ahmed Mahmoud   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The cooling effect of green spaces as a contribution to the mitigation of urban heat: A case study in Lisbon

(2011) Sandra Oliveira et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Daily and seasonal climatic conditions of green urban open spaces in the Mediterranean climate and their impact on human comfort

(2011) Pninit Cohen et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

A study on the cooling effects of greening in a high-density city: An experience from Hong Kong

(2011) Edward Ng et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

The Impact of Heat Islands on Mortality in Paris during the August 2003 Heat Wave

(2011) Karine Laaidi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

(2011) T. Susca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

UTCI—Why another thermal index?

(2011) Gerd Jendritzky et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

How can urban water bodies be designed for climate adaptation?

(2011) Ranhao Sun et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The influence of the summer sea breeze on thermal comfort in Funchal (Madeira). A contribution to tourism and urban planning

(2011) António Lopes et al.   METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

Climate change in urban areas. Part 2, Measures

(2011) Wilhelm Kuttler   Environmental Sciences Europe

The contribution of urban green spaces to the improvement of environment in cities: Case study of Chania, Greece

(2010) Julia N. Georgi et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Climate change and thermal bioclimate in cities: impacts and options for adaptation in Freiburg, Germany

(2010) Andreas Matzarakis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

The influence of trees and grass on outdoor thermal comfort in a hot-arid environment

(2010) Limor Shashua-Bar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Potential changes in outdoor thermal comfort conditions in Gothenburg, Sweden due to climate change: the influence of urban geometry

(2010) Sofia Thorsson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Benefits and opportunities of adopting GIS in thermal comfort studies in resting places: An urban park as an example

(2010) Noémi Kántor et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Observing and modeling the nocturnal park cool island of an arid city: horizontal and vertical impacts

(2010) Winston T. L. Chow et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Shading effect on long-term outdoor thermal comfort

(2009) Tzu-Ping Lin et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of human thermal comfort near urban waterbody during summer

(2009) Jingcheng Xu et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments: basics of the RayMan model

(2009) Andreas Matzarakis et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Theoretical and experimental analysis of the thermal behaviour of a green roof system installed in two residential buildings in Athens, Greece

(2009) Aikaterini Sfakianaki et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

The cooling efficiency of urban landscape strategies in a hot dry climate

(2009) Limor Shashua-Bar et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The effect of urban evaporation on building energy demand in an arid environment

(2008) E.L. Krüger et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Numerical simulation studies of the different vegetation patterns’ effects on outdoor pedestrian thermal comfort

(2008) Borong Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS