Hot Town! Summer in the city: A research into the relation between Rotterdam’s South socially deprived neighbourhoods and the urban heat island

Cities face challenges protecting their population from high air temperatures. In the coming century cities tend to become warmer as a consequence of global warming exacerbating the urban heat island. This affects the livability of neighbourhoods with negative effects for the population. The urban heat island is the phenomenon where the city...

Den Haag’s options against urban heat: Assessment and recommendations for current environmental policies regarding temperature effects

Climate change is characterised by a global increase in temperature and by the increase in the number of extreme weather events like; heatwaves, extreme droughts, and heavy rainfall. Ur-banisation can be seen as a climate problem, for example because of the lack of water storage in cities during times of drought and the lack of drainage during...