Urban tree canopies drive human heat stress mitigation

2023/12/28 by Loïc Gillerot, Dries Landuyt, Pieter De Frenne +2 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Building Energy and Comfort Optimization #Urban Green Space and Health #Urban Heat Island Mitigation

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128192

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Discussions

• Trees do more than beautify – they significantly lower city temperatures. 🌡️🌳 Unpaved areas with trees experience fewer days of strong heat stress compared to paved, treeless spaces. ➡️DOI: doi.org/ [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]