Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation to Urban Heat

Dear Colleagues,

Across the world, urban environments are exposed to extreme heat events under the combined effects of global climate change and the urban heat island phenomenon. These problems need urgent solutions, as urban environments are responsible, directly or indirectly, for 70% of final energy consumption and heat dissipation to the environment. A further increase in urban heat can push both the energy needs of the built environment and the heat stress risk of inhabitants over any acceptable level.

Nevertheless, due to the efforts of researchers over the years, we now have a variety of potential mitigation and adaptation measures for high temperatures in urban areas. For example, mitigation measures include the use of cool roofs, green roofs, cool pavements, green parking, water-retaining pavements, and urban ventilation, while adaptation measures include the use of sunshades, misting, sprinklers, water surfaces, green covers, water-retaining pavements, and air circulation. These achievements are reaching the phase of implementation in real urban spaces. In the implementation phase, it is necessary to overcome new issues and various challenges. For this Special Issue, we invite the submission of various achievements in prediction, evaluation, and verification at each stage of the planning, design, and operation of the implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures.

Prof. Dr. Hideki Takebayashi
Prof. Dr. Massimo Palme
Guest Editors

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