商品描述
Urban Surface Thermal Environments: A Metropolitan Area Perspective presents a comprehensive exploration of urban heat dynamics through the perspectives of climate change, urbanization, green infrastructure, and two- and three-dimensional urban morphology. It analyzes the key drivers of surface urban heat islands (SUHI), reveals spatial and temporal patterns of warming, assesses population heat risks, and proposes practical strategies to mitigate thermal impacts. Incorporating spatial analysis, multi-source data integration, and urban-scale simulation, the book provides effective solutions for megacities worldwide under increasing heat stress--supporting adaptive governance, enhancing livability, and advancing SDG 11. The book presents a series of analytical frameworks designed to capture thermal heterogeneity, identify vulnerable populations, and inform intervention strategies across scales--from site-specific cooling measures to integrated regional spatial planning. By bridging climate science, urban design, and geospatial technologies, it offers actionable approaches to enhance urban resilience and guide climate adaptation efforts. This integrated framework aligns with the Paris Agreement, including the 1.5 C climate target, and is informed by recent scientific assessments from IPCC, offering spatially explicit support for evidence-based decision-making.
As a valuable reference for researchers, urban planners, environmental professionals, policymakers, and graduate students, this book informs decisions in the fields of climate adaptation, sustainable urban development, and spatial planning. It contributes to key global and national initiatives, including SDG11 and SDG13, Future Earth, and China's new urbanization strategy. Through its interdisciplinary and geography-informed perspective, the book enhances cities' adaptive capacity and contributes to the development of cooler, more equitable, and climate-resilient human settlements in an era of global warming.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《城市表面熱環境：都市區的視角》全面探討了城市熱動力學，從氣候變遷、城市化、綠色基礎設施以及二維和三維城市形態的角度進行分析。它分析了表面城市熱島（SUHI）的主要驅動因素，揭示了變暖的空間和時間模式，評估了人口熱風險，並提出了減輕熱影響的實用策略。該書結合了空間分析、多來源數據整合和城市規模模擬，為全球面臨日益增加熱壓力的特大城市提供有效解決方案，支持適應性治理、提升宜居性，並推進可持續發展目標11（SDG 11）。
本書提出了一系列分析框架，旨在捕捉熱異質性、識別脆弱人口，並在不同層面上提供干預策略——從特定地點的降溫措施到綜合區域空間規劃。通過橋接氣候科學、城市設計和地理空間技術，該書提供了可行的方法來增強城市韌性並指導氣候適應工作。這一綜合框架與《巴黎協定》相一致，包括1.5°C的氣候目標，並受到IPCC最近科學評估的啟發，為基於證據的決策提供空間明確的支持。
作為研究人員、城市規劃者、環境專業人士、政策制定者和研究生的寶貴參考，本書為氣候適應、可持續城市發展和空間規劃領域的決策提供資訊。它對全球和國家級的關鍵倡議作出貢獻，包括可持續發展目標11（SDG 11）和可持續發展目標13（SDG 13）、未來地球以及中國的新城市化戰略。通過其跨學科和地理知識的視角，本書增強了城市的適應能力，並促進了在全球變暖時代發展更涼爽、更公平和氣候韌性的居住環境。
作者簡介
Liang Zhou is a professor at Lanzhou Jiaotong University. His research focuses on urban thermal environments, urban geography, simulation, disaster risk, mountain city governance, and sustainable urban development. He has conducted postdoctoral and visiting research at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and Indiana University Bloomington (IUB). He has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers and received multiple academic awards and scientific honors. As principal investigator, he has led five research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He also serves as Editorial Director of the international journal Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis. To date, he has supervised more than 40 master's and doctoral students. His research supports urban planning, climate adaptation, and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals through the application of geospatial technologies. Mr. Bo Yuan is currently pursuing his PhD at Nanjing University. His research focuses on the impacts of compound climate extremes on vegetation vulnerability and ecosystem recovery, with additional interests in urban climate and environment of remote sensing. David López-Carr is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he directs the Human-Environment Dynamics Lab (HED). López-Carr received a PhD in Geography from the University of North Carolina in 2002, where he subsequently held a NIH post-doctoral fellowship in Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Carolina Population Center. He has lived, worked, and traveled in over 70 countries worldwide and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and rudimentary Q'eqchí Maya. Professor López-Carr uses mixed methods to examine potential win-win outcomes for people and the environment. His research specifically focuses on links among population, health, rural livelihoods, agriculture, and marine and forest resource use and conservation through ongoing projects in California, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He has authored over 230 scientific publications. With co-authors, he was awarded the 2024 Ecological Society of America's (ESA) Sustainability Science Award and the Frontiers Planet Prize from the US National Academy of Sciences. His scholarship has been conducted with colleagues and students thanks to funding from over 50 fellowships, grants, and awards from NASA, NOAA, NSF, NIH, the Mellon, two Fulbright Fellowships, and numerous other sources. López-Carr was awarded the Research Excellence Award from the Population Specialty Group and the Human Dimensions of Global Change Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). He was also presented the AAG Excellence in Mentoring Award and the Conference of Latin American Geography Teaching Award. Named a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow in 2013, in 2014 he was elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow ''for advancing our scientific understanding of the coupled process of human population dynamics and environmental change.'' Mr. Fengning Hu is currently pursuing his PhD at the City University of Macau. His research focuses on remote sensing-based mapping and analysis of urban logistics infrastructure and urban climate.
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梁周是蘭州交通大學的教授。他的研究專注於城市熱環境、城市地理、模擬、災害風險、山地城市治理以及可持續城市發展。他曾在中國科學院地理科學與資源研究所以及加州大學聖巴巴拉分校（UCSB）和印第安納大學布魯明頓分校（IUB）進行博士後和訪問研究。他已發表超過160篇經過同行評審的論文，並獲得多項學術獎項和科學榮譽。作為首席研究員，他主導了五個由中國國家自然科學基金（NSFC）資助的研究項目。他還擔任國際期刊《地理視覺化與空間分析期刊》（Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis）的編輯主任。至今，他已指導超過40名碩士和博士生。他的研究支持城市規劃、氣候適應以及通過應用地理空間技術實現可持續發展目標。
博元先生目前在南京大學攻讀博士學位。他的研究專注於複合氣候極端事件對植被脆弱性和生態系統恢復的影響，並對城市氣候和遙感環境有額外的興趣。
大衛·洛佩斯-卡爾（David López-Carr）是加州大學聖巴巴拉分校的地理學教授，並且是人類-環境動態實驗室（HED）的主任。洛佩斯-卡爾於2002年在北卡羅來納大學獲得地理學博士學位，隨後在公共衛生學院和卡羅來納人口中心獲得國立衛生研究院（NIH）生物統計學的博士後獎學金。他曾在全球70多個國家生活、工作和旅行，能說西班牙語、葡萄牙語、意大利語、法語以及基本的Q'eqchí瑪雅語。洛佩斯-卡爾教授使用混合方法來研究人類與環境之間的潛在雙贏結果。他的研究特別關注人口、健康、農村生計、農業以及海洋和森林資源的使用與保護之間的聯繫，並通過在加州、拉丁美洲、非洲和亞洲的持續項目進行研究。他已發表超過230篇科學出版物。與合著者一起，他獲得了2024年美國生態學會（ESA）的《可持續科學獎》和美國國家科學院的《Frontiers Planet Prize》。他的學術研究得益於來自NASA、NOAA、NSF、NIH、梅隆基金會、兩項富布賴特獎學金以及其他多個來源的50多項獎學金、資助和獎項。洛佩斯-卡爾獲得了美國地理學會（AAG）人口專業組和全球變化人類維度專業組的《研究卓越獎》。他還獲得了AAG的《卓越導師獎》和拉丁美洲地理會議的《教學獎》。他於2013年被任命為美國國家科學院的《卡夫利科學前沿研究員》，並於2014年當選為《美國科學促進會（AAAS）研究員》，以表彰他在促進我們對人類人口動態與環境變化耦合過程的科學理解方面的貢獻。
胡鳳寧先生目前在澳門城市大學攻讀博士學位。他的研究專注於基於遙感的城市物流基礎設施和城市氣候的映射與分析。
