Urban Climates in Latin America
This book describes the observation of urban climates in Latin-American and their relationships with urban sprawl, the economic emergence of Latin American countries, social segregation, urban ecology, disasters and resilience. The chapters include contri
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Urban Climates in Latin America
Urban Climates in Latin America
Cristián Henríquez • Hugo Romero Editors
Urban Climates in Latin America
Editors Cristián Henríquez Instituto de Geografía, Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable (CEDEUS) and Centro de Cambio Global UC Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago, Chile
Hugo Romero Departamento de Geografía Universidad de Chile Santiago, Chile
ISBN 978-3-319-97012-7 ISBN 978-3-319-97013-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97013-4
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In memory of Magaly Mendonça Professor of the Geosciences Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Foreword
In the present, where there is little time for quiet reflection, summary, and synthesis, and where there is pressure and haste to publish articles in international journals that are no doubt necessary for advancing knowledge, but which are sometimes unfocussed and unconnected, with no defined line of reasoning, you have in your hands – dear reader – a book that brings together a considerable body of research about urban climate in Latin America. Latin America has seen its urban population swell steadily and spectacularly over recent decades, ranking two of its cities – Mexico City and Sao Paulo –in the top ten most populated urban agglomerations in the world. Tens of millions of Latin Americans are already subject to altered climate conditions, with respect to the regions where they live, as a direct consequence of the urban metropolis. As in other cities in the world, the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is the most obviou
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