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A. Mahdavi:
"Approaches to the evaluation and mitigation of the the urban microclimate";
in: "Climate Change and Sustainable Heritage", C.K. Hofbauer, E. Madadi-Kandjani, J. Meuwissen (ed.); Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2018, (invited), ISBN: 978-1-5275-0595-7, 1 - 37.

Cities are highly complex entities: A multitude of environmental,
economic, and social disciplines, approaches, and studies must be
employed to understand better the intricate life and evolution of structures we call cities. In this context, the present paper focuses on the challenging and consequential topic of the urban microclimate. In recent history, cities
have grown in number and size, emerging thus as massive anthropogenic interventions in the planetary environment. The urban microclimate with its temporal and spatial variance can significantly influence the performance of buildings and the well-being of the city dwellers. In light of this, there is a critical need for a deeper understanding of the tightly intertwined feedback loops between the local, regional, and global climate
and their consequences for urbanism.

(no german version) Cities are highly complex entities: A multitude of environmental,
economic, and social disciplines, approaches, and studies must be
employed to understand better the intricate life and evolution of structures we call cities. In this context, the present paper focuses on the challenging and consequential topic of the urban microclimate. In recent history, cities
have grown in number and size, emerging thus as massive anthropogenic interventions in the planetary environment. The urban microclimate with its temporal and spatial variance can significantly influence the performance of buildings and the well-being of the city dwellers. In light of this, there is a critical need for a deeper understanding of the tightly intertwined feedback loops between the local, regional, and global climate
and their consequences for urbanism.

Urban microclimate, Urban heat islands, Microclimatic variance