Evaluating urban heat island mitigation strategies for a subtropical city centre (a case study in Osaka, Japan)

Tianhong Zheng, Ke Qu, Jo Darkwa and John Kaiser Calautit

Energy, 2022, vol. 250, issue C

Abstract: Urban heat island (UHI) effects were first observed in London in the 19th century. The urban heat island is identified by developing higher temperatures in urban areas than the surrounding rural areas that directly surround them. However, there are some main mitigation strategies to deal with subtropical UHI, such as increasing the albedo of the urban environment (reflective pavement) and developing the green infrastructure (green roof) in urban areas. This study would analyse the microclimate in a subtropical city by evaluating meteorological parameters with a three-dimensional model simulation software of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) named ENVI-Met.

Keywords: UHI; UHI mitigation Strategy; ENVI-met; Subtropical climate condition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123721

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