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Article: The projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China

TitleThe projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China
Authors
KeywordsUrbanization
Climate change
Urban warming
Human thermal comfort
The GBA region
Issue Date2021
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22120955
Citation
Urban Climate, 2021, v. 37, p. article no. 100866 How to Cite?
AbstractThe individual and combined impacts of near-future urbanization and climate change on thermal environment in July over the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) are projected. Results indicate that both the urbanization and climate change lead to near-future temperature rise, with comparable daily mean urban-warming of -0.51 ?C and - 0.70 ?C respectively. In which, the two factors also enhance the probability of extreme heat events, especially the role from climate change. However, the relative contributions of two factors on human thermal comfort are very different. Urbanization leads to drier daytime but warmer nighttime, resulting in more comfortable daytime but uncomfortable nighttime. Under the changing climate, significant and uniform increase of Humidex (HI) can be found in whole day, suggesting future climate change intensifies human discomfort thoroughly. Climate change takes up -93.33% of the total increased HI, attributing to both the caused temperature rise and humidity increase. Contrarily, urbanization only contributes -7.41%, because the urban-reduced humidity offsets the effect of urbanized warming. It is further revealed that exposure duration of dangerous discomfort (HI >= 45) for the GBA residents will increase at least 8.87% in 2030 under the effects of climate change and urbanization, suggesting necessity of mitigating climate change in future megalopolis.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305782
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 6.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.318
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dc.contributor.authorWang, Z-
dc.contributor.authorXiao, Z-
dc.contributor.authorTam, CY-
dc.contributor.authorPan, W-
dc.contributor.authorChen, J-
dc.contributor.authorHu, C-
dc.contributor.authorRen, C-
dc.contributor.authorWei, W-
dc.contributor.authorYang, S-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T10:14:14Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-20T10:14:14Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationUrban Climate, 2021, v. 37, p. article no. 100866-
dc.identifier.issn2212-0955-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/305782-
dc.description.abstractThe individual and combined impacts of near-future urbanization and climate change on thermal environment in July over the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) are projected. Results indicate that both the urbanization and climate change lead to near-future temperature rise, with comparable daily mean urban-warming of -0.51 ?C and - 0.70 ?C respectively. In which, the two factors also enhance the probability of extreme heat events, especially the role from climate change. However, the relative contributions of two factors on human thermal comfort are very different. Urbanization leads to drier daytime but warmer nighttime, resulting in more comfortable daytime but uncomfortable nighttime. Under the changing climate, significant and uniform increase of Humidex (HI) can be found in whole day, suggesting future climate change intensifies human discomfort thoroughly. Climate change takes up -93.33% of the total increased HI, attributing to both the caused temperature rise and humidity increase. Contrarily, urbanization only contributes -7.41%, because the urban-reduced humidity offsets the effect of urbanized warming. It is further revealed that exposure duration of dangerous discomfort (HI >= 45) for the GBA residents will increase at least 8.87% in 2030 under the effects of climate change and urbanization, suggesting necessity of mitigating climate change in future megalopolis.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22120955-
dc.relation.ispartofUrban Climate-
dc.subjectUrbanization-
dc.subjectClimate change-
dc.subjectUrban warming-
dc.subjectHuman thermal comfort-
dc.subjectThe GBA region-
dc.titleThe projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailRen, C: renchao@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityRen, C=rp02447-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100866-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85105262039-
dc.identifier.hkuros327983-
dc.identifier.volume37-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 100866-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 100866-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000653390900004-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands-

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