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Urban Heat Island for Beginners: Part 3 *

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

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Urban Heat Island for Beginners: Part 2 *

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

The Two Dimension of the UHI UHI is mainly dependent on the modification of the urban energy fluxes and, as a consequence, on the synoptic conditions in urban and rural sites. UHIs are characterized by two dimensions: an extension and … Continue reading →

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Urban Heat Island for Beginners: Part 1 *

Posted on May 3, 2017 by

The urban population is increasing worldwide and the urban expansion or the increase in urban density can affect both the global and the local climate having consequences, in turn, on human health. It is, therefore, important to increase the awareness … Continue reading →

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Earth albedo for beginners: “reflections” on the reason why it has to be included in life cycle assessment*

Posted on September 8, 2016 by

The Earth has an average planetary albedo of ∽0.3 (Wielicki, Wong, Loeb, Minnis, Priestley, & Kandel, 2005), but considerable differences exist between different areas on the planet. Figure 1 shows that different areas on Earth are characterized by different surface … Continue reading →

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COP21: THE PARIS AGREEMENT IN BULLET POINTS

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

On 11 December 2015, the United Nations 21st Conference of Parties closed its doors. The outcome of this conference is a historical agreement that recognizes the threat for humankind deriving from potentially irreversible climatic change that requires both a wide … Continue reading →

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Framing Urban Resilience within the UN Sustainable Development Goals: still gaps between theory and policy guidelines?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

This weekend, 25 – 27 September 2015, more than 150 world leaders will attend the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, in New York, to formally adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) setting the Post 2015 Development Agenda. In 2000, UN … Continue reading →

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OMG…It is Climate Change! Going through the Encyclical letter “Laudato si'” of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home

Posted on September 3, 2015 by

The encyclical letter “Laudato si’” of the Holy Father solicited my curiosity. Thus, I went through it and I summarized some of the most important points that I present in the following. The aim of the encyclical letter is to … Continue reading →

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