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Morphology of Buildings and Cities in Hot and Humid Regions Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Hot Climate of the Middle East

Authors : Parham A. Mirzaei, Reihaneh Aghamolaei

Published in: Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This book chapter includes a brief overview of the climatic and socioeconomic characteristics of Middles East. It is then scrutinizing the urban heat island (UHI) of the region in response to the recent development in its cities as well as the drastic growth in its population. Efforts to study and characterize the UHI from various perspectives, including health, energy, and outdoor thermal comfort, in addition to various implemented observational approaches and simulation techniques are then summarized using a survey over the recent published articles and documents. While the UHI is obviously envisaged as a future challenge in front of many Middle East mega cities, yet there can be identified a gap in development of holistic agendas and systematic action plans by governments and decision-making entities to facilities mitigatory policies against the UHI.

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Metadata
Title
The Hot Climate of the Middle East
Authors
Parham A. Mirzaei
Reihaneh Aghamolaei
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation

Print ISBN: 978-981-334-049-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-334-050-3

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4050-3_10