1. Urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas, forming an "urban heat island" effect. This is caused by urban land use and surfaces like concrete and asphalt that absorb and retain heat.
2. The urban heat island effect can increase city temperatures by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit and poses negative impacts like increased energy consumption and air pollution emissions. It also exacerbates heat-related health issues.
3. Mitigation strategies include increasing urban green spaces through parks, trees, and green roofs, which disrupt high temperatures. Reflective and cool roof surfaces also help reduce temperatures. However, financial costs and legal restrictions can pose challenges to widespread mitigation efforts.
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The term "heat island" describes built up areas that are hotter than nearby rural areas. The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people or more can be 1.8–5.4°F (1–3°C) warmer than its surroundings. In the evening, the difference can be as high as 22°F (12°C). Heat islands can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness and mortality, and water quality
Green Building Site Selection and Development is equally important as the Construction of Building itself. Let's discover ways to conserve from the first step.
General principles – Direct gain systems - Glazed walls, Bay windows,
Attached sun spaces etc. Indirect gain systems – Trombe wall, Water wall, Solar Chimney, Transwall, Roof
pond, etc - Isolated gain systems – Natural convective loop etc. Active Heating Systems : Solar water
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Urban Spaces - Climatic slides for Urban Dynamics and Regeneration course.
Master of Science in Sustainable Urban Design. Razak Faculty, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
The term "heat island" describes built up areas that are hotter than nearby rural areas. The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people or more can be 1.8–5.4°F (1–3°C) warmer than its surroundings. In the evening, the difference can be as high as 22°F (12°C). Heat islands can affect communities by increasing summertime peak energy demand, air conditioning costs, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related illness and mortality, and water quality
Green Building Site Selection and Development is equally important as the Construction of Building itself. Let's discover ways to conserve from the first step.
General principles – Direct gain systems - Glazed walls, Bay windows,
Attached sun spaces etc. Indirect gain systems – Trombe wall, Water wall, Solar Chimney, Transwall, Roof
pond, etc - Isolated gain systems – Natural convective loop etc. Active Heating Systems : Solar water
heating systems
Urban Spaces - Climatic slides for Urban Dynamics and Regeneration course.
Master of Science in Sustainable Urban Design. Razak Faculty, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
The urban heat island (UHI), a phenomenon where urban areas are warmer than surrounding rural areas, is an urban problem that has been enhanced by climate variability. This temperature difference between urban and rural areas occurs due to different land uses/land covers (LULC), which have distinct thermal characteristics among them. Vegetation areas increase evapotranspiration to reduce thermal loading, while urban constructed materials store and reemit incident energy into the environment.
Building cities and creating urban heat islandsKella Randolph
Urban areas are warmer than rural areas because of pavement, sidewalks brick buildings and such. They become urban heat islands and that can affect the weather nearby.
Presentation on Urban Heat Island. An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas.
Main Cause of the UHI is Modification of the land surface by urban development which uses materials which effectively retain heat.
As population centers grow they tend to modify a greater and greater area of land and have a corresponding increase in average temperature.
The Effect of building materials on Albedo
The Effect of Building Materials on Storage of Internal Energy
Generation of Internal Energy By Human Activity
Reduced Evaporation
The phenomenon of global warming remains more pronounced in the urban areas, for the reason cities house large concentration of people and activities in a small/compact urban space.Densely-built downtown areas tend to be warmer than suburban residential areas or rural areas.. UHI not only raises urban temperatures but also increases ozone concentrations because ozone is a greenhouse gas whose formation will accelerate with the temperature. Tokyo, an example of an urban heat island. Normal temperatures of Tokyo go up higher than those of the surrounding area. However, it needs to be understood and appreciated that climate change is not the cause of urban heat islands but it is causing more frequent and more intense heat waves which in turn amplify the urban heat island effect in cities. Major reasons for ever growing global warming and climate change can be attributed to the; Nature and natural; Human-Driven; population; Rapid Urbanisation; Irrational Urban planning; High Density; Inefficient Transportation ;Large generation/consumption of fossil fuel based Energy; Unsustainable Buildings; Polluting Industry & Manufacturing; Unsustainable Agriculture; Irrational Development; Large scale Deforestation; Lack of open spaces and individual life-choices;
09-28-17 Lifelong Learning Lecture: Jim HaynesEllsworth1835
"Natural and Human Causes of Climate Change: What Scientists Know and How They Know It"
Presented by James M. Haynes, PhD, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Environmental Science and Ecology
For eons, six slowly, often intermittently acting natural forces have changed the Earth's temperature within a range of +7 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to climate swings from ice ages to planet-wide tropical conditions. Now, a seventh rapidly acting force is changing climate—modern human civilization. What evidences of climate change are observed today, and what is likely to happen to our children and generations beyond as a result of human activity in the recent past and today? What can we do to minimize the impacts of the changes to come?
Mapping the City Heat: The Contributing Factors to the Urban Heat Island Phen...Mabel_Berry
Heat waves, poor air quality, thermal pollution, and increased energy consumption: these are only a few of the negative impacts of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. According to the most recent (2012) study of Harvard University on the phenomenon, the UHI is the result of a warmer temperature in the city, compared to surrounding rural areas. The study states that the urban area can be 2-5°C warmer during the day and 10° warmer during the night than the outlying areas.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
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Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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1. PLAN 1900: Sustainable Cities
Week 13: Urban Heat Island Effect
Anuradha Mukherji
Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
2. GLOBAL TRENDS
• From 1804 to 2010, one billion to almost seven billion
• Global population in urban center up from 3 to 50 percent by
2010
• Number of cities growing, 86 cities in 1950 with a population
of 1 million, today its 400 cities
• Urbanization rates highest in the Global South
• Regardless of population and spatial size, urbanization
alters the local climate system
3. URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI)
EFFECT
• Urban regions become warmer than their rural surroundings
forming an ‘island’ of higher temperatures in the landscape
• UHI is usually measured by the difference in temperatures
between urban and rural areas
• The highest difference is usually found at the urban core –
e.g., downtown.
• Elevated temperatures can also be found in areas with urban
land-use categories (i.e., commercial, residential)
• Parks, lakes, and open areas in a city observe lower
temperatures than the surrounding urban area
4. Keywords:
Thermal admittance: the ability of surface to store and release heat
(concrete and asphalt ↑)
Albedo: The percent of incoming solar radiation that is reflected back
to space (light surfaces such as snow and ice ↑ - 80-95 %, dark-
colored materials such as asphalt ↓ 5-10%)
Urban canyons: an artificial ‘canyon’ formed by two vertical walls of
buildings with a horizontal streets or pavement surface
sky view factor (SVF); the fraction of sky seen” from a point on the
ground up (0=completely obscured, 1 = completely visible)
Park cool island (PCI): zones in the urban landscape with relatively
cooler temperature due to parks, lakes, or open spaces.
6. This image is attributed to NOAA @ 2011 (PD-USGov-NOAA)
7. New York – Summer Day
Infrared Satellite Image
Left: Thermal Data
Below: Vegetation Data
This image is attributed to NASA @ 2002 (PD-USGov-NASA)
8. KEY FACTORS CAUSING UHI
• Land use cover and land use change (LULC) – the
conversion of earth’s natural surfaces (i.e., grasses, shrubs,
trees, bare soil) into urban surface (i.e., asphalt, concrete,
buildings, glass) for human socio-economic activities
• Generation of anthropogenic waste heat (i.e., emissions from
factories and transportation systems)
9. TYPES OF UHI
• Heat islands occur on the surface and in the atmosphere
• On hot sunny day, exposed urban surfaces such as roof and
pavement are hotter than the air
• Surface urban heat islands are present day and night but are
strongest during day when the sun is shining
• In contrast, atmospheric urban heat islands are weak during
late morning and through the day, and become pronounced
after sunset due to slow release of heat from urban
infrastructure
10. This image is attributed to EPA (http://www.epa.gov/heatisland/about/index.htm)
Surface & Air UHI
11. "Atlanta thermal" by Original uploader was Ryanjo at en.wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Frokor using
CommonsHelper.. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Atlanta, Temperature Distribution
Top: Temperature rises by 10-
12 degrees during day
Right: High daytime
temperatures keep city warm
at night
12. UHI – WHY AN ISSUE
While some UHI impacts are positive, such as longer plant-
growing season, most impacts are negative:
1. Increased energy consumption: Higher temperatures in
summer increase energy demand for cooling and add pressure
to the electric grid during peak demand periods.
2. Elevated emissions of air pollutants & GHGs: Increase in
energy demand results in more emissions from power plants
and heat release from AC units. Higher air temperatures
promote ground-level ozone formation
3. Impact on human health: Higher air pollution can cause
respiratory issues. High temperatures can contribute to heat
cramps, exhaustion, and heat stroke (1995 Chicago)
13. MITIGATION STRATEGIES
1. Reducing GHGs through policies to reduce energy use
among commercial, residential, and transportation systems
through programs such as LEEDS (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental) or alternative energy systems
2. Green spaces (i.e., parks, water bodies) can disrupt urban
temperature peaks and are called Park Cool Island (PCI)
• Urban forests: Increasing tree and vegetative cover
• Creating green roofs (i.e., rooftop gardens or eco-roofs)
• Installing cool (i.e., reflective) roofs
• Using cool pavements
14. This image is attributed to "Green City" by Alyson Hurt from Alexandria, Va., USA - Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia
Commons
Rooftop Garden, Manhattan, New York
15. This image is attributed to "20080708 Chicago City Hall Green Roof" by TonyTheTiger - I created this work entirely by myself. --TonyTheTiger. Licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rooftop Garden, City Hall, Chicago
16. UHI – MITIGATION CHALLENGES
1. Requires financial investment that might not be feasible for
individual homeowners or public officials.
2. Individual homeowners bound by covenants, codes and
restrictions (CCRs) governing a community or neighborhood
and enforced by Homeowners Associations. Mitigation actions
might violate CCRs.
3. Conducting cost-benefit analysis – Increase green space
need to be evaluated against costs, i.e., the benefit of urban
forests vs increase in pollen (allergies) or benefits of parks vs
greater demand on water.
4. Mitigation strategies have to be considered within the context
of resources and constraints of a given city.
Editor's Notes
Hazard mitigation implementation measures are broadly categorized into two groups in the literature. One, structural mitigation (e.g. flood control works, engineered defense systems) that seek hazard resistance, and second, non-structural mitigation (e.g. land-use planning and management, development regulations, enforcement of building codes and standards, land and property acquisition, capital improvements for critical public infrastructure, taxation and fiscal policies, and information dissemination) that seek local resilience to hazards (e.g. Berke 1998; Birkland et al. 2003; Cheong 2011; Mileti 1999; Godschalk et al. 2000, 1999; Godschalk & Norton 1998; Thampapillai & Musgrave 1985).
Despite an extensive and growing scholarship on hazard mitigation as a critical component of disaster resilience, our understanding of hazard mitigation plan implementation at the local level (e.g. county, municipality) remains limited. Indeed, research on the implementation of hazard mitigation plans at the local level is largely absent from the hazard mitigation and planning literatures. Current literature focuses mainly on mitigation policies (e.g. Birkland et al. 2003; Brody et al. 2009; Burby 2006, 1999; Deyle, Chapin & Baker 2008; Godschalk et al. 1999), the mitigation planning process (e.g. Brody et al. 2007; Kartez & Lindell 2011), and evaluation of mitigation plan quality (e.g. Berke, Smith & Lyles 2010, 2009; Lyles, Berke & Smith 2014). There is little research that focuses solely on the implementation of mitigation plans subsequent to plan adoption (Brody & Highfield 2005, 159).
While local governments are increasingly bearing the responsibility of hazard mitigation implementation in their jurisdictions (Brody, Kang & Bernhardt 2010; Faber 1996; Godschalk et al. 1999, Godschalk 2003), it is uncertain whether local governments have the commitment and capacity to prepare mitigation plans and carry out mitigations projects and actions aimed at building resilient communities (Clary 1985; Godschalk et al. 1999; Petak 1984). While implementation happens mostly at the local level (e.g. county, municipality), studies that examine hazard mitigation plan implementation at the local levels are scant (e.g. Brody, Kang & Bernhardt 2010; Godschalk et al. 1999).
Additionally, policy implementation scholarship shows that implementation is rarely considered in the design of policy, as the general assumption is that implementation naturally follows policy adoption (O’Toole 2000; Myrtle 1983), which in turn leads to implementation gaps (Schofield 2004). Few studies consider whether the policies and plans are actually implemented subsequent to its adoption (Brody, Kang & Bernhardt 2010; Talen 1996a, 1996b) creating a critical gap in the literature on this vital sub-topic in the field of hazard mitigation.
Scholars have identified a number of variables that can influence hazard mitigation plan implementation, which include political commitment (e.g. Burby & May 1998; Webler et al 2003), inter-governmental co-ordination (e.g. Burby & May 1998), public stakeholder participation (e.g. Stevens, Berke & Song 2010; Godschalk, Brody & Burby 2003; Godschalk et al 1999), commitment to evaluation (e.g. Brody and Highfield 2005), organizational capacity (e.g. Brody, Kang & Bernhardt 2010; Godschalk et al 1999), and the role of planners (e.g. Stevens 2010). While these studies are significant, they remain discrete. Comprehensive approaches that model how the aforementioned aspects conceptually and collectively influence hazard mitigation plan implementation are absent in the current literature.
The implementation of local mitigation plans can be best understood through place-based studies as it can “offer an in-depth knowledge of local conditions specifically regarding the level of implementation of hazard mitigation…and shed light on important trade-offs and synergies”. Yet, place-based studies (e.g. Godschalk et al.1999) remain largely absent among current approaches that examine hazard mitigation plan implementation.