Climate, Health and Cities: Building Aspects for a Resilient Future

Dear Colleagues,

Research on biometeorology and bioclimatology is gaining increasing importance to address the challenges posed by climate change on human health.

The impact of extreme weather events on human well-being and mortality is a central theme. With climate change, the frequency and intensity of these events are increasing, posing challenges for health emergency management and urban adaptation, such as strengthening the resilience of cities against pandemics through natural ventilation and heat mitigation. The interactions between urban climate, public health, and sustainable design are crucial topics to analyze, especially for mitigating both the urban heat island effect and heatwaves. This can be useful for improving well-being in cities through innovative solutions like green architecture and bioclimatic planning.

Bioclimatic building design and urban planning aimed at improving thermal comfort in cities are increasingly relevant, especially in high-density contexts. This area explores sustainable solutions to improve the quality of urban life, such as the use of heat-reducing materials and the integration of renewable energy. These themes provide opportunities for a collection of scientific articles that respond to both local and global challenges, with a focus on sustainability, equity, and innovation in environmental resource management. But this, to push beyond the current boundaries of research, is no longer enough.

The recent period has seen the great potential of new computer techniques that are shaping the burst of artificial intelligence onto the international scene. These algorithms can open the doors to new and still unexpressed potential in the technical–scientific sectors that are seeking solutions to these issues. This collection of scientific works aims to be a collector of research for all researchers who are applying artificial intelligence, in its many forms, to climate change and its consequences on the fabric of the city, on technologies that can have positive effects on their mitigation, and on the life, health, and habits of the populations involved.

The importance of collecting articles on these topics lies in the need for an interdisciplinary approach that combines studies on climate, health, urban adaptation, and computer science. Gathering updated scientific research on these themes provides a platform to share new discoveries and best practices, contributing to the creation of more resilient and sustainable cities.

We invite interested authors to contribute articles exploring innovative solutions for extreme weather events, the impact of climate change on health, and the development of resilient urban strategies. This collection represents an opportunity to publish research that directly influences future policies and practices in terms of sustainability and urban well-being.

Thank you, and we hope you consider contributing to this Topic.

Dr. Ferdinando Salata
Dr. Virgilio Ciancio
Dr. Simona Mannucci
Topic Editors