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Research article
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27 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 27 Jul 2017
A wedge strategy for mitigation of urban warming in future climate scenarios
Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP),
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New
Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Xuhui Lee
Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, Nanjing University of
Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New
Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Natalie M. Schultz
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New
Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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Heat stress associated with climate change is one of most severe threats to human society. The problem is further compounded in urban areas by urban heat islands (UHIs). We use an urban climate model to evaluate the cooling benefits of active urban heat mitigation strategies both individually and collectively. We show that by forming UHI mitigation wedges, these strategies have the potential to significantly reduce the UHI effect plus warming induced by greenhouse gases.
Heat stress associated with climate change is one of most severe threats to human society. The...
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