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Journal of Heat Island Institute International, Vol. 7-2 (2012)

Special Issue "the Heat Island 2009 Conference"

Editorial Committee for Special Issue "the Heat Island 2009 Conference"■Special Editor
Hashaem. Akbari■Guest Editor
Mat Santamouris
Edward Ng■EditorYasunobu Ashie
Masakazu Moriyama
Atsumasa Yoshida
Hideki Takebayashi

Journal of Heat Island Institute International, Vol.7-2 (2012)

ContentsPreface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i
Hashem Akbari
Global Cooling: Policies to Cool the World and Offset Global Warming from CO2 Using Reflective Roofs andPavements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Hashem Akbari, Ronnen Levinson, Arthur Rosenfeld, Matthew Elliot
Urban Ventilation as a Countermeasure for Heat Islands toward Quality and Sustainable City Planning in Hong Kong-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11Kam-Sing Wong, Edward Ng, Raymond Yau
Estimating Reduced Heat-Attributable Mortality for an Urban Revegetation Project --------------------------------------- 18
David M. Mills and Laurence Kalkstein
Quality of Life in Metropolitan Athens, Using Satellite and Census Data: Comparison between 1991 and 2001-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25Marina Stathopoulou, Stefanos Iacovides, Constantinos Cartalis
National Research Project on Kaze-no-michi for City Planning: Creation of Ventilation Paths for Cool Sea Breezes inTokyo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33
Koji Kagiya, Yasunobu Ashie
Policies for Building Low-Carbon Cities and Evaluating Them in Asia: The Effect of Mitigation around Buildings-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42
Yukiko Yoshida, Toshiaki Ichinose
A New Urban Planning Approach for Studying Heat Islands at the Community Level ------------------------------------- 50
Kun Li, Borong Lin, Dong Jiang
Urban Climatic Mapping in Hong Kong-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55
Edward Ng, Chao Ren, Lutz Katzschner
The Mitigation of UHI Intensity through an Improved Land-Use Plan in the Urban Central Area: Application to Osaka
City, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65
Masakazu Moriyama, Takahiro Tanaka
Mesoscale and Meso-Urban Meteorological and Photochemical Modeling of Heat Island Mitigation in California:
Results and Regulatory Aspects ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 72
Haider TahaIImpact of Urbanization and Global Warming on Southern California Coasts ------------------------------------------------ 82
Bereket Lebassi, Jorge E. Gonzáleze, Robert Bornstein
Analysis of the Relationship Between Meteorological Conditions and Ground O3 Levels in Summer over the Central
Kanto Area ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 92
Mai Khiem, Ryozo Ooka, Hong Huang, Hiroshi Hayami, Hiroshi Yoshikado
Study of a Simple Evaluation Method of Urban Heat Island Mitigation Technology using Upper-Air Data ----------- 102
Hideki Takebayashi, Masakazu Moriyama
Development of Empirical Models for Estate-Level Air Temperature Prediction in Singapore -------------------------- 111
Steve K. Jusuf, Wong N. Hien
Urban Vegetation Effects on the Spatial Variability of Temperature in the City Center ------------------------------------ 126
Minako Nabeshima, Masatoshi Nishioka, Masaki Nakao, Masashi Mizuno, Hironori Tokura, Shunsuke Mizutani
Increasing Green Infrastructure in Compact Developments: Strategies for Providing Ecologically Beneficial Greeneryin Modern, Urban-Built Environments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 134
Daniel C. Staley
Field Measurement of the Energy Budget for an Isolated Plant Unit --------------------------- 142
Atsumasa Yoshida, Yumi Kataoka, Kosuke Nii, Shin’ichi Kinoshita
Smud Shade Tree and Cool Roof Programs: Case Study in Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effects ------------------ 151
Misha Sarkovich
Development of a Green Roof Environmental Monitoring and Meteorological Network in New York City ----------- 158
Stuart R. Gaffin , Reza Khanbilvardi, Cynthia Rosenzweig
Arbo-Structure: Ecomasterplanning the Road to Cool,Healthy Cities and Urban Islands --------------------------------- 168
Demetra J. McBride
Effect of Evaporative Cooling Techniques (Sprayed Water Mist) on Reducing Urban Heat Flux and Saving Energy inan Apartment House ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 175
Daisuke Narumi, Kentaro Shigematsu, Yoshiyuki Shimoda
An Experimental Study of Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect by Novel Applications of Bamboo as a Construction
Material ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 182
Anurag Kandya, Chaaruchandra Korde, Smita Chugh, Lalit M. Bal, Sanjeev Singh, Puttagunta Sudhakar
CO2 Emission Reductions from Solar Reflective Coating of Automobiles -------------------------------------------------- 197
Tomohiko Ihara, Yuki Kudoh, Yutaka Genchi, Keita Kishimoto, Sakao Hira, Yasuhiro Kamijima, Katsuo Miki
Evaluation of the Solar Reflectance of Cool Materials by On-site Measurement of Deterioration because to Aging --205
Shin’ichi Kinoshita, Atsumasa Yoshida, Shintaro KokawaIIMethod for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Retroreflective Materials Using Emitting-Receiving Optical Fiber ----- 213
Hiroyuki Iyota, Hideki Sakai, Kazuo Emura, Norio Igawa, Hideya Shimada, Nobuya Nishimura
Reduction of Reflected Heat of the Sun by Retroreflective Materials -------------------------------------------------------- 218
Hideki Sakai, Kazuo Emura, Norio Igawa, Hiroyuki Iyota
Evaporation Performance Analysis for Water-Retentive Material, Based on Outdoor Heat-Budget and Transport
Properties ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 222
Shin’ichi Kinoshita, Atsumasa Yoshida, Naoki Okuno
Hot Weather Comparative Heat Balances in Pervious Concrete and Impervious Concrete Pavement Systems -------- 231
John T. Kevern, Liv Haselbach, Vernon R. Schaefer
A Study of the Effectiveness of Heat-Mitigating Pavement Coatings in Singapore ---------------------------------------- 238
Wong C. Wan, Wong N. Hien, Tan P. Ping, Aw Z. W. Aloysius
Climate Impacts of LCLU Changes on a Tropical Coastal Region under a Changing Climate --------------------------- 248
Jorge E. González, Daniel E. Comarazamy
Evaluation of Heat Island Intensity in a Coastal Urban Area ------------------------------------------------------------------ 255
Hiroshi Miyazaki
Continuous-Moving Measurement Method for Thermal Environmental Distributions in Streets ------------------------ 263
Masaki Nakao, Minako Nabeshima, Masashi Mizuno, Masatoshi Nishioka, Tomoko Hagawa
Urban Heat Island and Human Heat-stress Values During the July 2006 Portland, Oregon, Heat Wave ---------------- 271
Robert Bornstein, Andrew Melford

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