Adapting to Urban Heat

Dr. Carmen Galán-Marín, Full Professor of Construction Technology and Sustainable Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Seville and head of the SATH research group (Sustainability in Architecture, Technology and Heritage). She was educated as an architect and specialized MS in building construction. Her research interests concentrate on low-carbon buildings and cities, urban climate under climate change scenarios, new materials and innovative technologies applied to architecture and construction, with special emphasis on environmental issues and sustainability. She has coordinated or participated in various energy-related projects funded by the EU, national and regional governments. At the present she is involved in projects about the analysis of different adaptation strategies to climate change. She leads a multidisciplinary group involved in the elaboration of predictive tools for urban climate adaptation linking different urban intervention strategies to the outdoor thermal comfort perception by citizens. Edit Dr. Carlos Rivera-Gómez is Associate Professor of Building Construction Technology at the Faculty of Architecture and of Sustainable Urban Planning in the master’s degree in Sustainable City and Architecture of the University of Seville. Their main scientific contribution focuses on the evaluation of microclimatic conditions and thermal comfort outdoors. The research he has conducted aims to meet societal demands and has been carried out in collaboration with companies, technological centers, and government agencies. In addition to analysis and simulations, these works include environmental evaluation, focused on prefabrication and sustainability in construction, new material applications, as well as evaluation of prototypes and passive energy-saving strategies in buildings. Edit Dr. Emanuele Naboni is a practitioner and researcher in Urban Design and Architectural Technology, with a focus on Regenerative sciences, parametric digital means, onsite data gathering, and 1:1 prototyping. His primary research interests are Design for Climate Change, generating microclimatic conditions, decarbonization, and health. He is an Associate Professor of Building Technology at the Royal Danish Academy since 2010 and part-time from 2021, and at UniPR. He is an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley, UNSW and a frequent invited lecturer at several universities worldwide. He has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory He has provided consultancy services for the design of over 40 sustainable and energy-efficient buildings, districts, and master plans, collaborating with well-known firms. He is a leading figure in innovative European Union projects and a reviewer for various agencies. Mat Santamouris is the Anita Lawrence Professor of High Performance Architecture in the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is a past a professor at the University of Athens, Greece and visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunnel University and National University of Singapore. Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece. Editor and author of 15 international books on topics related to heat island, solar energy and energy conservation in buildings published by Earthscan, Springer, etc. Guest editor of twelve special issues of various scientific journals. Scientific coordinator of many international research programs and author of almost 290 scientific papers published in peer reviewed international scientific journals. Reviewer of research projects in 15 countries including USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Sweden, etc. Expert in various International Research Institutions. Highly Cited researcher according to Clarivate in 2017 and 2018.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
1. A Rough Ride to Urban Resilience: Challenges and Design Opportunities in the Age of Climate Change

PART 2: UNDERSTANDING URBAN HEAT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
2. Understanding Urban Heat within the Climate Change Realm.
3. Anticipatory Resilience in Urban and Architectural Design for Climate Change, Ecology, Health, and Decarbonization
4. Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Strategies from an Economic Perspective

PART 3: TOOLS FOR DECODING AND CODING URBAN HEAT
5. The Role of Data Science in Developing Low-Carbon Cities with Improved Urban Heat Mitigation
6. Evaluating the Performance of Urban Heat Adaptation Strategy Measures Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies
7. Urban Heat Mitigation: Multiscale Modelling Techniques and Experimental Monitoring

PART 4: DESIGN FOR ADAPTING TO URBAN HEAT
8. Urban Heat Adaptation through Improved Architectural Energy-Efficiency
9. Harnessing the Power of Nature: Adaptation through Nature-Based Solutions
10. Adapting Urban Microclimates and Enhancing User Comfort: Strategies for Heat at the Neighborhood Scale
11. Modelling the Effect of Urban Form and Morphology on Local Climate and Heat Island Intensity

PART 5: CONCLUSION
12. Conclusions