Surface urban heat island effects intensify more rapidly in lower income countries

Abstract As urbanization proceeds globally in recent decades, a nuanced understanding of the differential impacts of the urban heat island (UHI) effect across income country groups is crucial. Through an analysis of ~5 million urban grids from 2003 to 2018, we discovered that the average surface urb...

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Main Authors: Yuan Yuan, Mattheos Santamouris, Dong Xu, Xiaolei Geng, Chengwei Li, Wanqing Cheng, Ling Su, Peng Xiong, Zhengqiu Fan, Xiangrong Wang, Chuan Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:npj Urban Sustainability
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-025-00198-9
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