Tag: Urban Heat Islands

  • Urban Heat Islands: from causes to solution!

    Urban Heat Islands: from causes to solution!

    The Urban Heat Islands can be defined as any urban area which has the tendency to be warmer than a surrounding rural/lesser developed area. Some of the earliest incident of heat islands were observed in late nineteenth century in cities such as London, Paris, Berlin and other European cities which were major centres of industrial…

  • Urban Heat Islands. What are they?

    Urban Heat Islands. What are they?

    Globalization facilitates many social and economic process, one of the major being migration. Rural population migrates to urban areas in search for employment. About half the world’s population lives in these urban areas. With the ever increasing cluster of the masses, it is no surprise of how it is affecting the environment, making it more…