Overview of urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon towards human thermal comfort

• Main Authors: Lee, Yee Yong, Md Din, Mohd Fadhil, Ponraj, Mohanadoss, Noor, Zainura Zainon, Kenzo, Iwao, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania 2017
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4826/1/AJ%202017%20%28666%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4826/; https://dx.doi.org/10.30638/eemj.2017.217

Urban Heat Island (UHI) is expected to be a disastrous challenge to human in the following decade as a result of continuous urbanization without appropriate planning and design. The impacts of UHI are even getting worse due to large population density with improper building design especially in dens...