Urban Climate: Keeping Cities Livable with Climate Research
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Arizona State University
This course introduces key aspects of research into urban climate. The first section introduces the fundamentals of urban climate modeling. Next, the course outlines connections between the urban climate and energy, water, air quality and human health. Finally, it presents and evaluates several strategies for mitigating urban climate.
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#3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.
#7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
#14. How human actions modify the physical environment.
#15. How physical systems affect human systems.