Overview

As global temperatures rise, urban areas face unprecedented challenges from intensified heat. “Adapting to Urban Heat” offers a comprehensive exploration of design strategies and tools essential for building resilience in low-carbon cities. The book covers the following topics: • Setting the stage for urban heat adaptation: An introduction to the pressing need for adaptive measures in urban environments. • Understanding, mitigating, and adapting to urban overheating: Insights into the impacts of urban heat and the latest mitigation technologies, including the interplay between advanced materials, nature, buildings, and human behavior. • Designing for urban heat adaptation: Practical design strategies aimed at enhancing microclimates and user comfort at the neighborhood scale, with a focus on the relationship between urban forms and greenery. • Tools for decoding and coding urban heat: An examination of data science, urban meteorological networks, remote sensing, GIS applications, and modeling techniques that inform effective heat adaptation strategies

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Author:   Carmen Galán Marín (Full Professor in the Department of Building Technology at the University of Seville-Spain (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla)) ,  Emanuele Naboni (Distinguished Professor at the University of Seville, an Academic at the Norman Foster Institute, The Royal Danish Academy, and UNIPR) ,  Carlos Rivera Gómez (Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Seville) ,  Mattheos Santamouris (University of New South Wales,Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780443289774

ISBN 10:   0443289778
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   21 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Part 1: SETTING THE STAGE FOR URBAN HEAT ADAPTATION 1. Summary of contents 2. Adapting to heat Part 2: UNDERSTANDING, MITIGATING AND ADAPTING TO URBAN OVERHEATING 3. Urban Overheating. Impacts and Heat Mitigation Technologies 4. Understanding Anticipatory Resilience in Urban and Architectural Design for Climate Change, Ecology, Health, and Decarbonization Part 3: DESIGNING FOR URBAN HEAT ADAPTATION 5. Design for Adapting Urban Microclimates and Enhancing User Comfort: Strategies for Heat at the Neighbourhood Scale 6. Understanding the Interrelationships between Buildings, Urban Spaces, and Climate Change 7. Understanding and Measuring the Cooling Performance of Trees Part 4: TOOLS FOR DECODING AND CODING URBAN HEAT 8. The role of data science in developing heat-resilient communities 9. From Urban Meteorological Networks to Adaptation in Amsterdam, Ghent, and Novi Sad 10. The Role of Using Remote Sensing Evaluating Urban Heat Adaptation Strategies Measures 11. Multiscale Modelling Techniques and Experimental Monitoring of Heat 12. Adapting to urban heat – On the use of urban weather files for assessing buildings’ overheating Part 5: TOWARDS A REGENERATIVE FUTURE 13. Conclusions

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Professor Carmen Galán-Marín is a Full Professor in the Department of Building Technology at the University of Seville-Spain (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Sevilla). Professor Emanuele Naboni is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Seville, an Academic at the Norman Foster Institute, The Royal Danish Academy, and UNIPR. He consults internationally for urban and architectural firms. Professor Carlos Rivera-Gómez is a Full Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Seville. Professor Matthaios Santamouris is a Scientia, Distinguished, Professor of High Performance Architecture at University of New South Wales.

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