Urban climate mitigation techniques / edited by Denia Kolotsa

1. Facing The Urban heat island phenomenon - A new challenge for urban designers-Mattheos Santamouris --
2. Understanding and reducing the anthropogenic heat-Nektarios Chrysoulakis --
3. Valuing green spaces as a heat mitigation technique-Prof Wong Nyuk Hien--
4. Mitigating the urban heat with cool materials for the buildings' fabric-Afroditi Synnefa --
5. Cooling the cities with cool pavements-Mattheos Santamouris --
6. The effect of the evaporative cooling, techniques on reducing urban heat-Servanto Alvarez --
7. Exploiting earth cooling to mitigate heat on cities' scale-Stamatis Zoras --
8. The role of spatial planning-Maria Kaltsa --
9. Tools for the evaluation of the mitigation techniques-Denia Kolokotsa --
10. Case studies-Denia Kolokotsa

The urban climate is continuously deteriorating. Urban heat lowers the quality of urban life, increases energy needs, and affects the urban socio-economy. "Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques" presents steps that can be taken to mitigate this situation through a series of innovative technologies and examples of best practices for the improvement of the urban climate. Including tools for evaluation and a comparative analysis, this book addresses anthropogenic heat, green areas, cool materials and pavements, outdoor shading structures, evaporative cooling and earth cooling. Case studies demonstrate the success and applicability of these measures in various cities throughout the world. Useful for urban designers, architects and planners, Urban Climate Mitigation Techniques is a step by step tour of the innovative technologies improving our urban climate, providing a holistic approach supported by well-established quantitative examples.