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Urban Heat Island and Park Cool Island Intensities in the Coastal City of Aracaju, North-Eastern Brazil

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  • Max Anjos

    (CAPES-Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília DF 70040-020, Brazil
    IGOT—Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território/Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. IGOT, Rua Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • António Lopes

    (IGOT—Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território/Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. IGOT, Rua Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276 Lisboa, Portugal)

Abstract

In this study, an evaluation of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Park Cool Island (PCI) intensities in Aracaju, North-Eastern Brazil, was performed. The basis of our evaluation is a 2-year dataset from the urban climatological network installed with the principles and concepts defined for urban areas related to climatic scales, sitting and exposure, urban morphology, and metadata. The current findings update UHI intensities in Aracaju refuting the trend registered in previous studies. On average, the UHI was more intense in the cool season (1.3 °C) than in hot season (0.5 °C), which was caused by wind speed decrease. In relation to the PCI, mitigation of high air temperatures of 1.5–2 °C on average was registered in the city. However, the urban park is not always cooler than the surrounding built environment. Consistent long-term monitoring in the cities is very important to provide more accurate climatic information about the UHI and PCI to be applied in urban planning properly, e.g., to provide pleasant thermal comfort in urban spaces.

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  • Max Anjos & António Lopes, 2017. "Urban Heat Island and Park Cool Island Intensities in the Coastal City of Aracaju, North-Eastern Brazil," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(8), pages 1-17, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:8:p:1379-:d:107062
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    1. Fan Fei & Yan Wang & Xiaoyun Jia, 2022. "Assessment of the Mechanisms of Summer Thermal Environment of Waterfront Space in China’s Cold Regions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-23, February.
    2. Michael C. Ekwe & Fatimah Adamu & Joseph Gana & Grace Chika Nwafor & Rabi Usman & Jemimah Nom & Ogonnaya D. Onu & Oluwatola Ibukun Adedeji & Shaba A. Halilu & Olaide M. Aderoju, 2021. "The effect of green spaces on the urban thermal environment during a hot-dry season: a case study of Port Harcourt, Nigeria," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(7), pages 10056-10079, July.
    3. Farshid Aram & Ebrahim Solgi & Ester Higueras García & Amir Mosavi & Annamária R. Várkonyi-Kóczy, 2019. "The Cooling Effect of Large-Scale Urban Parks on Surrounding Area Thermal Comfort," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-21, October.

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