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Karimi, A.; Mohammad, P.; Garcia, A.; Moreno, D.; Gachkar, D.; Gachkar, S. (2021). New developments and future challenges in reducing and controlling heat island effect in urban areas.

REVISTA: Environment, Development and Sustainability (23/11/2021 Accepted).
IMPACTO: JCR (2021): 3.219. Environmental science (Q2)

ABSTRACT :

The collection of research conducted over the past decade on urban heat islands and its mitigation strategies reflects the new approaches of scientists, researchers, government agencies on urban design and planning about the intensity of urban heat islands and its impact on the urban texture. This study goals to analyze trend of researches about urban heat islands and strategies to reduce it during last decade (2010-2020). This review has prepared from 91 research study and evaluated the main measures to reduce the urban heat island that is commonly used today. In addition, the distribution based on the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, review of different methodologies and funding of researches has been also evaluated. Analysis have revealed that studies in humid subtropical (Cfa), hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa), and temperate oceanic (Cfb) climate has the largest share among other climatic regions that, some measures (urban parks, urban trees, green roofs) have played a critical role for researchers and policy makers more than other influential factors in reducing urban heat islands. It is also noticeable that the relative share of research provided in all four major groups of mitigation measures is almost the same, this similarity can be interpreted to support the argument that lack of funding does not have a significant effect on some mitigation measures.