The future urban heat|wave challenge in Africa

The future urban heat-wave challenge in Africa: Exploratory analysis

This paper attempts to provide a first estimate of the number of African urban residents exposed to very warm 15-day heat events (>42 °C).

The future urban heat-wave challenge in Africa: Exploratory analysis

included. 26. 27. Keywords: Urban, Heat wave, Climate Change, Africa, vulnerability, scenarios.

The future urban heat-wave challenge in Africa: Exploratory analysis

... Urban inhabitants can be more susceptible to higher heat-related risk than rural residents due to UHI [62]. In 2100, over 300 million African urban ...

How Cities are Beating the (Urban) Heat | UrbanShift

“We've witnessed unbearable heat waves with temperatures going beyond 50 degrees centigrade [sic] in many regions, and we see the devastating ...

How urbanisation alters the intensity of the urban heat island in a ...

Rapidly growing cities in Africa and elsewhere should ensure that the dynamics of their development are directed towards mitigating potentially ...

Intensifying human-driven heatwaves characteristics and heat ...

This study highlights the potentially growing risk of intensifying heatwaves in Africa under different emission scenarios.

The effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa - NCBI

This review examines high-quality research evidence that synthesises the effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa.

In the Grip of Global Heat - NASA Earth Observatory

Just as Central America and the southwestern and eastern United States saw blasts of heat in May and June, temperatures also soared in the ...

Heat stress: adaptation measures in South African informal settlements

The findings reveal that Southern African informal dwellings experience extreme heat stress 32% of the time. Predicted climate change-affected conditions will ...

An analysis of past and future heatwaves based on a heat ...

South Africa is no exception and simulations of future climate scenarios show that the country could experience 20 to 80 more heatwave days ...

Urban Heat Island Trends in the Middle East and North Africa

The urban heat island (UHI) effect denotes that temperatures in urban areas are often higher compared to the rural background.

Urbanization-induced warming amplifies population exposure to ...

The inequality of higher heat exposure in the global South cities than in the global North cities will be narrowed in real scenarios due to more ...

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities - World Resources Institute

Excessive Heat Will Hit Resource-strapped Cities and the Urban Poor the Hardest ... Cities with the least resources to adapt will be among the ...

Heat mapping by citizen scientists points the way to a cooler future

Fortunately, South Africans are mobilizing to find solutions to extreme heat. Residents of Tshwane, Cape Town and Buffalo City recently took to ...

These 7 #cities are tackling #heatwaves with innovative solutions

In Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, climate change is predicted to push average temperatures well above 50C in the second part of the ...

Tropical surface urban heat islands in east Africa | Scientific Reports

The growth of urban population and built-up urban environments exacerbate the overheating problems due to the urban heat island effects.

Corrigendum to “The future urban heat-wave challenge in Africa

Corrigendum to “The future urban heat-wave challenge in Africa: Exploratory analysis” [Global Environ. Change 66 (2021) 102190]-article.

Heatwaves could become a silent killer in African cities

The research shows that only a few cities in Africa are dealing with extreme heat currently but this is set to increase dramatically, ...

Heat stress in Africa under high intensity climate change

Higher temperatures and higher humidity are key components of increasing heat stress. The majority of cities are either coastal or near major ...

How urbanisation alters the intensity of the urban heat island in a ...

One of the major phenomena associated with the dual challenges of climate change and urbanisation is the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which ...