{"product_id":"9783031512193","title":"Livable Cities: Urban Heat Islands Mitigation for Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Greening","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLivable Cities: Urban Heat Islands Mitigation for Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Greening\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAboulnaga, Mohsen; Trombadore, Antonella; Mostafa, Mona; Abouaiana, Ahmed\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLivable Cities: Urban Heat Islands Mitigation for Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Greening \u003c\/i\u003eelucidates on livability in urban areas, providing readers with definitions and indicators of what makes a city livable. It comprehensively introduces the urban heat island effect (UHIE) and offers strategies for mitigating high surface temperatures in metropolitan areas and adapting to climate change (CC). The coverage highlights the linkage between UHIE and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the socio-economic impacts of urban heat islands (UHIs), their effect on livability for citizens, and the costs and benefits of mitigating UHI. In addition, it encompasses background information about the problems and challenges that megacities face in the 21st century, followed by the cooling benefits that can be achieved from the different types of urban green coverage (UGC), whether conventional or innovative. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\nThe book presents case studies on six cities that have successfully applied UGC: Chicago (United States), Curitiba (Brazil), Stuttgart (Germany), Tokyo (Asia), Melbourne (Australia), and Johannesburg (South Africa). Additional case studies illustrate UHIE mapping in greater Cairo, Egypt, and Rome, Italy, to determine hot spot areas that need interventions and prioritization of UGC. Highlights also include the role of blue and green infrastructures in creating livable cities in the post-COVID-19 world, trends of bi-correlation between urban green spaces (UGSs), UGC, and COVID-19, and global patterns of UGSs to shape better healthy, sustainable, and resilient cities.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eExplains urban heat islands,      their causes, and strategies for climate change adaptation to create      livable cities; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the role of urban      green coverage in post-COVID-19 regulations in shaping more livable,      sustainable, and resilient cities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores ways to reduce the      urban heat island effect by exploiting urban greening to mitigate high      temperatures in large cities like Cairo and Rome.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-07-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031512193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-51220-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 750\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385746841740,"sku":"9783031512193","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031512193.jpg?v=1772946523","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031512193","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}