Urban Climate

Volume 1: A Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Issues in Cities

405 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book offers an integrated understanding of how cities experience and respond to rising climatic stress. Bringing together advanced geospatial analysis, environmental assessment, and public-health insights, it highlights how heat, pollution, land-use change, and hydrological disruptions shape urban well-being. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, presenting new evidence from diverse Indian cities to reveal emerging patterns in urban heat islands, air composition, groundwater vulnerability, and health risks. Designed for researchers, practitioners, and students in urban studies, climate science, health, and planning, it supports decision-making, risk assessment, and climate-resilient urban management.

• Reihe: The Urban Book Series
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Geowissenschaften Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung)
• ISBN: 9783032178909
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.08.2026
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Kasturi Mukherjee, Tuhin Bhadra, Jitendra K. Pandey, Pratik Dash, Rajib Sarkar