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UHIE
(redirected from Urban heat island effect)

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UHIEUrban Heat Island Effect


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Most significant of all, the IPPC 2001 report, on page 106, carries the following summary of many scientists who have studied the urban heat island effect in detail and whose work appears in the refereed literature.
The global warming crisis by Jordan, Stuart / The Humanist
According to the nonprofit Earth Pledge Foundation, green roofs can absorb nearly 75% of the rainfall that lands on them, and they can also reduce the urban heat island effect.
Paving paradise: the peril of impervious surfaces by Frazer, Lance / Environmental Health Perspectives
The analysis suggests limiting the use of palms because they provide little shade for reducing the urban heat island effect and air pollution.
Digging in by Tenusak, Kathryn / American Forests
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