Pollution Impact of Urban Overheating

Dear Colleagues,

Current trends in population growth, urbanization, and global warming are contributing to the rise of outdoor temperatures that will significantly enhance urban overheating in the coming decades. These factors also affect the current levels of urban pollution that are expected to grow over the same period. Citizens will suffer more and more from the combined effects of environmental health hazards such as urban overheating and air pollution. Due to their synergistic effects, it is important to consider the interactions that occur between urban overheating and urban pollution under different regional and local conditions to support future mitigation strategies and to evaluate their impact on people and their health. For example, their combined effects contribute to increased heat-related mortality and morbidity in urban areas, and these effects are particularly devastating for low-income populations because of the poor thermal quality and conditions of their dwellings.

This Special Issue will bring together studies that investigate the interactions that exist between urban overheating and urban pollution (considering contributions dealing with both indoor and outdoor air pollution) and their impact on citizens' life, health, and wellbeing.

Prof. Dr. Gianluca Ranzi
Prof. Dr. Dionysia Kolokotsa
Guest Editors

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