The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 948, P. 174927 - 174927

Published: July 20, 2024

The global climate is under threat from increasing extreme heat, evidenced by rising temperatures and a surge in hot days. Heat waves are intensifying worldwide, impacting cities residents, as demonstrated the record-breaking heat experienced UK 2022, which resulted over 4500 deaths. Urban islands (UHIs) exacerbate these waves, making city residents more vulnerable to heat-related UHIs occur when urban areas exceed those surrounding rural due heat-absorbing properties of structures. Implementing mitigation strategies, such green infrastructure, crucial for enhancing resilience reducing vulnerability UHIs. Effectively addressing requires systematic approach, including developing risk maps prioritise UHI strategies. Using remote sensing, GIS, SPSS correlational analysis, research aims develop assess Risk Index (HRI). This index integrates spatial intensity, current cover, population density at district level index. study stands out its novel approach HRI, focusing on localised impact Manchester City, identifying high-risk heat-vulnerable districts, prioritising implementing effective findings highlight importance this revealing that approximately 30 % City affected effects, with near centre, characterised higher reduced being particularly vulnerable. Furthermore, suggests applying HRIs level, neighbourhood rather than would provide relevant targeted insights mitigating UHI. A offer tailored into unique conditions each within enabling HRI developed paper serves test nuanced comprehensive index, considering additional variables related structure.

Language: Английский