The shape and magnitude of Porto's heat island as a sustainability indicator

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The shape and magnitude of Porto's heat island as a sustainability indicator

Ana Monteiro,Helena Madureira-2009-01-01-Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)

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One of the most often used arguments to promote low carbon cities has been the need to adapt urban areas to global warming. This is, in our opinion, a precarious and unsteady option because drives us into a complex and endless controversy about the real value of human actions on climate behaviour at a global scale and push us away from the needed solutions to solve the real problems that affects the quality of the air we breathe and the climate of the place where we live.

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One of the most often used arguments to promote low carbon cities has been the need to adapt urban areas to global warming. This is, in our opinion, a precarious and unsteady option because drives us into a complex and endless controversy about the real value of human actions on climate behaviour at a global scale and push us away from the needed solutions to solve the real problems that affects the quality of the air we breathe and the climate of the place where we live.

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SustainabilityGlobal warmingClimate changeScale (ratio)Urban heat islandValue (mathematics)Environmental indicatorQuality (philosophy)

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