Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter on average. This urban heat island (UHI) effect is caused by cities’ relative lack of vegetation, the prevalence of impervious surfaces, construction of buildings in locations that block breezes, releases of heat from cars and machinery, and other features...
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Unlivable - What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities : Overview
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Roberts,Mark; Deuskar,Chandan; Jones,Nicholas K.W.; Park,Jane.
Unlivable - What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities : Overview (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099071723235511948