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Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure : drivers, effectiveness, and future needs
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(2024) Urban heat mitigation by green and blue infrastructure : drivers, effectiveness, and future needs. The Innovation, 5 (2). 100588. doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100588 ISSN 2666-6758.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100588
Abstract
The combination of urbanisation and global warming leads to urban overheating and compounds the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events due to climate change. Yet, the risk of urban overheating can be mitigated by urban green-blue-grey infrastructures (GBGI), such as parks, wetlands, and engineered greening, which have the potential to effectively reduce summer air temperatures. Despite many reviews, the evidence bases on quantified GBGI cooling benefits remains partial and the practical recommendations for implementation are unclear. This systematic literature review synthesises the evidence base for heat mitigation and related co-benefits, identifies knowledge gaps, and proposes recommendations for their implementation to maximise their benefits. After screening 27,486 papers, 202 were reviewed, based on 51 GBGI types categorised under 10 main divisions. Certain GBGI (green walls, parks, street trees) have been well-researched for their urban cooling capabilities. However, several other GBGI have received negligible (zoological garden, golf course, estuary) or minimal (private garden, allotment) attention. The most efficient air cooling was observed in botanical gardens (5.0±3.5°C), wetlands (4.9±3.2°C), green walls (4.1±4.2°C), street trees (3.8±3.1°C), and vegetated balconies (3.8±2.7°C). Under changing climate conditions (2070-2100) with consideration of RCP8.5, there is a shift in climate subtypes, either within the same climate zone (e.g., Dfa to Dfb and Cfb to Cfa) or across other climate zones (e.g., Dfb (continental warm-summer humid) to BSk (dry, cold semi-arid) and Cwa (temperate) to Am (tropical)). These shifts may result in lower efficiency for the current GBGI in the future. Given the importance of multiple services, it is crucial to balance their functionality, cooling performance, and other related co-benefits when planning for the future GBGI. This global GBGI heat mitigation inventory can assist policymakers and urban planners in prioritising effective interventions to reduce the risk of urban overheating, filling research gaps, and promoting community resilience.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Innovation | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2666-6758 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 4 March 2024 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 5 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 100588 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100588 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 March 2024 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 March 2024 |
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