A Global Review of Vegetation’s Interaction Effect on Urban Heat Mitigation Across Different Climates

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dc.contributor.authorMoncada Morales, Guillermo Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorVerichev, Konstantin
dc.contributor.authorLopez-Guerrero, Rafael E
dc.contributor.authorCarpio Martínez, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-30T14:01:40Z
dc.date.available2025-09-30T14:01:40Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThe urbanisation process of cities disrupts the natural energy balance and surface radiation, making cities relatively warm. While vegetation has been widely recognised as a key factor in mitigating urban heat, its effectiveness is shaped by interactions with urban morphology, surface cover types, and the background climate. This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of studies examining the role of vegetation in mitigating urban heat, with a particular focus on its interactions within the urban environment across four major Köppen–Geiger climate groups: tropical, arid, temperate, and cold. A total of 130 publications were reviewed, categorised, and analysed according to geographic distribution, study period, and methodological approaches. This review identifies underexplored areas, synthesises key findings, and summarises the most significant results. Vegetation and water bodies emerged as primary contributors to heat mitigation, along with building configuration, wind speed, and shading. Temperate climates were the most frequently studied. Remote sensing was the predominant methodological approach, followed by fixed in situ observations. Meso-scale studies, examining entire cities and their surroundings, dominated in terms of spatial scale. This review offers methodological recommendations for analysing urban vegetation within the context of urban climate research. As climate change intensifies, it is increasingly important to design and implement adaptation strategies that incorporate but are not limited to vegetation. Such strategies are essential to supporting sustainable and resilient urban development in diverse climatic contexts.
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/urbansci9090361
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9090361
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105832
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Moncada Morales Guillermo Alejandro; S/I; 1183135
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería; Carpio Martinez Manuel; 0000-0001-9593-6669; 1064226
dc.issue.numero9
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.revistaUrban Science
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectUrban vegetation
dc.subjectHeat mitigation
dc.subjectUrban climates
dc.subjectCities
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods13 Climate action
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleA Global Review of Vegetation’s Interaction Effect on Urban Heat Mitigation Across Different Climates
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen9
sipa.codpersvinculados1183135
sipa.codpersvinculados1064226
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-09-22
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