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URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ■ 185 compared with the magnitude of the modeled UHI with no heat release of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius. A detect ...
186 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE Case Study: Simulations of UHIs of Athens, Cairo, London, and Moscow Th e separate impacts of cl ...
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ■ 187 Figure 7.5 Seasonal Cycles of Minimum and Maximum Temperatures for the Urban and Rural Tiles Associated ...
188 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE urban fractions set to zero. Th resholds were calculated separately for each city. Figure 7.6 sh ...
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ■ 189 London hot nights (>17°C) number of hot nights 1971–90 2041–60 100 80 60 40 20 0 London hot days (&g ...
190 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE Conclusions Th is chapter presents an analysis of regional climate change in Europe, with a focu ...
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS ■ 191 Best, M. J. 2005. “Representing Urban Areas within Operational Numerical Weather Pre- diction Models.” ...
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■ 193 Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints Dirk Heinrichs, Rimjhim Aggarwal, Jonathan Barton, Erach ...
194 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE “proactive” experiences have been studied and documented to some extent (see the special issues ...
ADAPTING CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ■ 195 authors as separate documents (Aggarwal 2009; Barton 2009; Bharucha and others 2009; Fra ...
196 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TABLE 8.1 Background Information City Projected average temperature changea Projected an- nual r ...
ADAPTING CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ■ 197 National strategy for climate change National climate change action plan Local/city adap ...
198 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE City Projected average temperature changea Projected an- nual rainfall change Anticipated change ...
ADAPTING CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ■ 199 National strategy for climate change National climate change action plan Local/city adap ...
200 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TABLE 8.2 Exposure of Case Cities to Climate Change Impacts Affected sector/service/use Bogota C ...
ADAPTING CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ■ 201 TABLE 8.3 Exposure of Cities to Climate Change City Anticipated impacts, knock-on effect ...
202 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE City Anticipated impacts, knock-on effects Reinforcing local conditions Singapore Economic infra ...
ADAPTING CITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE ■ 203 ments. In one case (Colombia), fi nancial incentives and technical support have been ava ...
204 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE TABLE 8.4 Response Capacity (Action)City What motivated action Policy fi elds in which dedicated ...
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