Urban Heat Island (UHI)
Urban Heat Island and Vulnerable Population. The Case of Madrid
... The Urban Heat Island effect shows the differences among temperatures in urban areas and the surrounding rural ...the urban heat island and the most vulnerable population ...
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The role of urban vegetation in temperature and heat island effects in Querétaro city, Mexico
... in urban areas and it is increasing at a rate of ...size. Urban concentration of human population causes deep modifications in the city and its surrounding landscapes, affecting environmental and climatic ...
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Urban heat islands in Monterrey, México using remote sensing imagery and geographic information systems analysis
... in urban areas (Hansen, ...about Urban Heat Island defined that warm air, containing several contaminants, stayed trapped near urban ...nature. Urban climate should be seen from ...
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Average conditions of thermal stress in Mexican cities with more than one million inhabitants in the face of climatic change
... The urban heat island may signify a substantial increase in risk from heat waves for the population, especially in summer when the maximum temperature –for cities in middle and subtropical ...
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Vol. 3, Núm. 2 Jul-Dic (2013)
... an island surrounded by valleys and dry deserts (Steyermark 1975); it extends from latitudes 11°08’30" North to 11°20’00" North and 69°27’00" West to 69°42’25" West, and from sea level to 1,500 ...
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Heat freezes niche evolution
... vs. heat among a large sample of terrestrial ectotherm, endotherm and plant ...vs. heat are measured among a small number of Liolaemus lizard species in South ...to heat are, by and large, ...
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Response of maize and olive to climate change under the semi-arid conditions of southern Spain
... A heat stress model has been developed and evaluated in order to simulate maize grain yield under heat stress conditions around silking, obtaining satisfactory ...a heat stress reduction factor was ...
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Nonlocal electron heat-flux
... The failure of classical results for temperature scale-length up to 100 times larger than thermal mean-free-path for electron scattering, and large ion-charge number Z , is discussed.[r] ...
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Improved albedo estimates implemented in the METRIC model for modeling energy balance fluxes and evapotranspiration over agricultural and natural areas in the Brazilian Cerrado
... soil heat flux (G), sensible (H) and latent (LE) heat fluxes, as well as auxiliary meteorological data measured at a height of 21 m and recorded every 30 ...
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Source area definition for local climate zones studies. A systematic review
... The findings of this study reveal there is a need for standardisation and systematisation. Regardless the footprint approach, there are strong differences in the estimation of the inputs and the reporting of the outputs. ...
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Forma urbana en la periferia del área metropolitana de Santiago (Chile). ¿El resultado de un plan normativo o de rentabilidad?
... others urban planning instruments were applied to land use such as Plan Regulador Intercomunal, (PRI) and Plan Seccional, (PS) as well as a legal regulations like Housing DFL-2 "construcción simultánea" ...
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Thermodynamic modelling of a two-stage absorption chiller driven at two-temperature levels
... the heat exchangers, the heat losses towards the ambient, the main heat fluxes between the components, the dissipative effects that originate in internal mixing processes, the pressure drops, and other ...
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Rural–Urban Linkages: an urban perspective
... Agricultural experts have been calling for a “sustainable” intensification of food production (more food), with fewer non-renewable inputs, less arable land in relation to growing populations, an eco-system-based (more ...
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Rural-Urban Linkages: Tanzania Case Study
... Given the efforts of the Tanzanian government to drive development since Independence, the structure of local administration is an important aspect of rural- urban relations – or more accurately of local-central ...
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Island Hopping, Liquid Materiality , and the Mediterranean Cinema of Emanuele Crialese
... the island: to go to a clinic in Milan (Respiro), to a hospital on the “mainland” (Terraferma), to a better job in Trapani (Terraferma), to a detention center or deported back to Africa ...
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Operations Management and Intelligent Buildings Technology
... Shading reduces surface temperatures below the plants. These cooler surfaces, in turn, reduce the heat transmitted into buildings or re-emitted into the atmosphere. For example, a multi- month study measured ...
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NEOIstanbuLIBERAL: A City of Capital or a City of Culture?
... Cities are situated as the engine of economic development in the whole economic structure. City branding and the orientation of urban investments to support the branding strategy appear as the new urban ...
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Urban Animals
... ingresos URBAN ANIMALS, tendrá en cuenta las siguientes fuentes de ingresos: cuota por uso, ya que el cliente pagará para recibir clases de Parkour , ya sea de manera deportiva o recreativa, y entre más clases ...
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Urban identity_Lalli.pdf
... Following this general overview of approaches and empirical findings with respect to place related identity, the second p a r t of this paper is concerned with an[r] ...
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