Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
Cities are getting hotter as a result of growing urbanization and global climate change. The negative impacts of temperature increases are significant and touch nearly every aspect of urban life. Protecting populations from extreme heat is one of t...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/605601595393390081/Primer-for-Cool-Cities-Reducing-Excessive-Urban-Heat-With-a-Focus-on-Passive-Measures http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34218 |
| Summary: | Cities are getting hotter as a result of
growing urbanization and global climate change. The negative
impacts of temperature increases are significant and touch
nearly every aspect of urban life. Protecting populations
from extreme heat is one of the key resiliency and
sustainability challenges of the twenty- first century.
Successfully implementing measures to cool cities will lead
to many benefits, including for health, well-being,
productivity, air quality, and energy systems. Urban cooling
solutions can be deployed in the short term to help mitigate
the risk of rising urban air temperatures. This primer and
its companion report, Cool City Case Studies: Reducing Urban
Heat, provide practical, actionable guidance and examples
for implementers, policy makers, and planners tasked with
mitigating urban heat impacts. |
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