Urban heat islands and social vulnerability: a comprehensive approach and adaptation strategies from architecture and urban planning
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) associated with recent extreme heat events brings social, economic,and environmental consequences. It increases energy consumption, air, water and soil pollution,decreasing the quality of life for the population and health risk, especially for vulnerable socialsectors. Th...
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Instituto de Investigaciones Tecnológicas para el Diseño Ambiental del Hábitat Humano
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/arq/article/view/7993 |
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| Sumario: | The Urban Heat Island (UHI) associated with recent extreme heat events brings social, economic,and environmental consequences. It increases energy consumption, air, water and soil pollution,decreasing the quality of life for the population and health risk, especially for vulnerable socialsectors. This research presents an interdisciplinary study with a comprehensive approach to UHIsfrom the perspectives of Environmental Management, Architecture, and Urban Planning. The casestudy focuses on the Metropolitan Area of Córdoba City, Argentina. The work concentrates on threeaxes: defining threat maps through the use of satellite resources, determining the Social VulnerabilityIndex (SVI) and definition of adaptive capacity strategies based on nature. It represents an exampleof leveraging technological resources for assertive architectural and urban design. |
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