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Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation pp 205–234Cite as

The Hot Climate of the Middle East

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Abstract

This book chapter includes a brief overview of the climatic and socioeconomic characteristics of Middles East. It is then scrutinizing the urban heat island (UHI) of the region in response to the recent development in its cities as well as the drastic growth in its population. Efforts to study and characterize the UHI from various perspectives, including health, energy, and outdoor thermal comfort, in addition to various implemented observational approaches and simulation techniques are then summarized using a survey over the recent published articles and documents. While the UHI is obviously envisaged as a future challenge in front of many Middle East mega cities, yet there can be identified a gap in development of holistic agendas and systematic action plans by governments and decision-making entities to facilities mitigatory policies against the UHI.

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  1. Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    Parham A. Mirzaei

  2. College of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Reihaneh Aghamolaei

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  3. Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Mirzaei, P.A., Aghamolaei, R. (2021). The Hot Climate of the Middle East. In: Enteria, N., Santamouris, M., Eicker, U. (eds) Urban Heat Island (UHI) Mitigation. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4050-3_10

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