Urban heat island mitigation strategies: a state-of-the-art review on Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong

• Main Authors: Aflaki, A., Mirnezhad, M., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Omrany, H., Wang, Z. H., Akbari, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75925/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994745808&doi=10.1016%2fj.cities.2016.09.003&partnerID=40&md5=055ab114a86371c54974c26bcb79cf68

Observing the rapid urban expansions and numerous infrastructure developments in the East-Asian context, many cities are suffering the urban heat island (UHI) effect and its associated environmental and social challenges. Moreover, the lack of sufficient attention to the application of effective hea...