Lack of vegetation exacerbates exposure to dangerous heat in dense settlements in a tropical African city

Lack of vegetation exacerbates exposure to dangerous heat in dense settlements in a tropical African city

Both climate change and rapid urbanization accelerate exposure to heat in the city of Kampala, Uganda. From a network of low-cost temperature and humidity sensors, operational in 2018–2019, we derive the daily mean, minimum and maximum Humidex in order to quantify and explain intra-urban heat stress...

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Main Authors: J Van de Walle, O Brousse, L Arnalsteen, C Brimicombe, D Byarugaba, M Demuzere, E Jjemba, S Lwasa, H Misiani, G Nsangi, F Soetewey, H Sseviiri, W Thiery, R Vanhaeren, B F Zaitchik, N P M van Lipzig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
heat stress
Humidex index
normalized difference vegetation index
local climate zones
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac47c3

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac47c3

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