eprintid: 4474
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2024-02-23 12:39:59
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type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Inge, Vaughan van
creators_id: S3486591
creators_email: V.o.van.inge@student.rug.nl
title: Mitigating Urban Heat Islands  through sustainable development
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is largely to blame for cities becoming increasingly 
unsustainable. Sustainable development is frequently cited as the panacea to this unsustainable 
problem. However, the relationship between sustainable development and the UHI effect has not 
been covered in depth in literature. The subject of how the UHI effect relates to sustainable 
development and what it entails for particular mitigation strategies and government policy is 
raised. The broad term of sustainable development is reduced to three specific land development 
principles related to the UHI effect. (i) higher-density development, (ii) energy and resource-
efficient urban design, and (iii) protection of natural and biological functions and processes. From 
these principles, case studies are identified where an effect on the UHI effect is measured. An 
impact on the UHI is measured as a change in local air temperatures. The first principle, 
densification, is seen to primarily increase the UHI effect in ranges from 1 °C and 2°C both during 
the day and night. In contrast, the other two development principles are seen to decrease air 
temperatures up to 1 °C during the day but only show minor effects during the night. Across the 
different case studies examined, the magnitude of the effect is roughly the same. This implies 
that sustainable development can negatively and positively impact the UHI effect. However, 
combating nighttime UHIs through sustainable development is challenging. Policies looking to 
combat the UHI effects must focus on compensating urban densification with the other 
development principles or look beyond sustainable development. The articles analysed did not 
combine multiple land development principles. The combination of different land development 
principles and their effect on the UHI effect has to be further studied.
date: 2023
pages: 25
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Theron, C.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Infrastucture Planning
tutors_email: c.theron@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Urban Heat Island
keywords_local: Sustainable Development
keywords_local: High density development
keywords_local: urban design
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-02-22
citation:   Inge, Vaughan van  (2023) Mitigating Urban Heat Islands through sustainable development.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4474/1/Final%20version%20thesis%20RESIT.pdf