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A definition of urban heat island is: "The relative warmth of a city compared with surrounding rural areas." [14]: 2926 This relative warmth is caused by "heat trapping due to land use, the configuration and design of the built environment, including street layout and building size, the heat-absorbing properties of urban building materials, reduced ventilation, reduced greenery and water ...
Unequal threat of heat stress in urban environments is often correlated with differences in demographics, including racial and ethnic background, income, education level, and age. [1] While the general impacts of urban heat inequity depend on the city studied, negative effects typically act on historically marginalized communities. [ 1 ]
Some examples of the urban effects on climate are urban heat island, oasis effect, greenhouse gases, and acid rain. This further stirs the debate as to whether urban areas should be considered a unique biome. Despite common trends among all urban centers, the surrounding local environment heavily influences much of the climate.
As temperatures continue to rise in Sarasota, homeless and low-income residents struggle to stay cool amid the magnified effects of "heat islands."
Urban heat islands are pockets of higher temperature areas, typically within cities, that effect the environment, as well as quality of life. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Urban Heat Islands are caused by reduction of natural landscape in favor of urban materials like asphalt, concrete, brick, etc. [ 43 ] This change from natural landscape to urban materials ...
However, by careful placement of trees, parks, and plant life, cities can create their own oasis effect. [6] By maintaining plant life throughout a city, urban planners can produce an oasis effect [7] to counter the urban heat island effect; even a small scattering of trees can significantly reduce local temperatures. However, concerns can ...
An urban thermal plume describes rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere caused by urban areas being warmer than surrounding areas. Over the past thirty years there has been increasing interest in what have been called urban heat islands (UHI), [1] but it is only since 2007 that thought has been given to the rising columns of warm air, or ‘thermal plumes’ that they produce.
Urban heat island, also known as the Heat island effect, in which metropolitan areas are warmer than the surrounding environment; Nut Island effect, a management principle when teams become isolated and decrease efficiency; Foster's rule, also known as the Island rule or the Island effect, where island populations of animals change in size