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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Main Author:	Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT URBAN ENVIRONMENT COOLING ENERGY EFFICIENCY HEAT MORTALITY AIR QUALITY WATER QUALITY ENERGY DEMAND TRANSPORT PASSIVE COOLING REFLECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SHADING WIND FLOW WASTE HEAT
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

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spelling	okr-10986-342182021-06-14T09:58:06Z Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures Energy Sector Management Assistance Program CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT URBAN ENVIRONMENT COOLING ENERGY EFFICIENCY HEAT MORTALITY AIR QUALITY WATER QUALITY ENERGY DEMAND TRANSPORT PASSIVE COOLING REFLECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SHADING WIND FLOW WASTE HEAT 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. 2020-07-27T20:14:52Z 2020-07-27T20:14:52Z 2020-07-21 Report 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper
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topic	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT URBAN ENVIRONMENT COOLING ENERGY EFFICIENCY HEAT MORTALITY AIR QUALITY WATER QUALITY ENERGY DEMAND TRANSPORT PASSIVE COOLING REFLECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SHADING WIND FLOW WASTE HEAT
spellingShingle	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT URBAN ENVIRONMENT COOLING ENERGY EFFICIENCY HEAT MORTALITY AIR QUALITY WATER QUALITY ENERGY DEMAND TRANSPORT PASSIVE COOLING REFLECTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE SHADING WIND FLOW WASTE HEAT Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
description	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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author	Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
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title	Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
title_short	Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
title_full	Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
title_fullStr	Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
title_full_unstemmed	Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures
title_sort	primer for cool cities : reducing excessive urban heat – with a focus on passive measures
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	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
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Primer for Cool Cities : Reducing Excessive Urban Heat – With a Focus on Passive Measures

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