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Urban Heat Islands and Cooling Strategies: A Comprehensive Assessment of Charlotte, NC and National Comparisons /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Urban Heat Islands and Cooling Strategies: A Comprehensive Assessment of Charlotte, NC and National Comparisons // Veronica Westendorff.
Author:	Westendorff, Veronica,
Description:	1 electronic resource (142 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-06B.
Subject:	Engineering. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30811059
ISBN:	9798381090918

Urban Heat Islands and Cooling Strategies: A Comprehensive Assessment of Charlotte, NC and National Comparisons /
Westendorff, Veronica,

Urban Heat Islands and Cooling Strategies: A Comprehensive Assessment of Charlotte, NC and National Comparisons /Veronica Westendorff. - 1 electronic resource (142 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-06, Section: B.

The increasing threats posed by climate change and urbanization have elevated the importance of addressing Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, a critical concern impacting cities across the United States. This dissertation comprises three articles that collectively investigate the effectiveness of trees and greenspaces in managing UHI, creating a Heat Health Score (HHS) to identify areas experiencing UHI effects and investigates the perceived effectiveness of policies and programs aimed at reducing UHI in cities, while providing recommendations for Charlotte, NC in particular. Article 1 shows that urban greenspaces consisting of trees can help reduce the UHI effect by creating shade and cooling spaces, potentially reducing energy costs, improving human living conditions, providing food and habitat to wildlife and improving aesthetics and land values. In article 2, measures to mitigate the effect of UHI are evaluated from select cities and a ratio of daily average high temperature between locations and the corresponding difference in land cover of tree and shrub areas, create the Heat Health Score (HHS) (a unique metric) which allows municipalities and community groups to gauge the heat health between locations. These results show that most urban locations remain hotter and with lower vegetative cover than their suburban or rural counter parts, however, changes in tree and shrub cover can impact these results in a positive way. Results from article 3 elucidate the perceived successes and challenges of current policies through a qualitative survey. These responses offer practical recommendations for policymakers across the US but for Charlotte, NC in particular.

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