Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China

• Published in: Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 161; p. 112350
• Main Authors: He, Bao-Jie, Wang, Junsong, Zhu, Jin, Qi, Jinda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Demographic change; Economic development pattern; Economic productivity; Environmental deterioration; SBAR framework; Urban heat mitigation and adaptation; Economic productivity; Economic development pattern; Demographic change; Urban heat mitigation and adaptation; Environmental deterioration; SBAR framework

This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation, background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that heatwaves become more frequent, lasting and intense, especially after 1990s. Above 1960s level, heatwaves across China doubled in both magnit...