Adapting to Urban Heat:

As global temperatures rise, urban areas face unprecedented challenges from intensified heat. “Adapting to Urban Heat” offers a comprehensive exploration of design strategies and tools essential for building resilience in low-carbon cities.
The book covers the following topics:
. Setting the stage for urban heat adaptation: An introduction to the pressing need for adaptive measures in urban environments.
. Understanding, mitigating, and adapting to urban overheating: Insights into the impacts of urban heat and the latest mitigation technologies, including the interplay between advanced materials, nature, buildings, and human behavior.
. Designing for urban heat adaptation: Practical design strategies aimed at enhancing microclimates and user comfort at the neighborhood scale, with a focus on the relationship between urban forms and greenery.
. Tools for decoding and coding urban heat: An examination of data science, urban meteorological networks, remote sensing, GIS applications, and modeling techniques that inform effective heat adaptation strategies

• Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study and understanding of urban heat islands
• Presents evidence-based strategies to for adapting to climate change and building urban resilience
• Includes a critical assessment of the role data science and GIS technologies play in climate change and urban planning