What is it about?
Urban forest may reduce their evapotranspiration rate during heat waves. This is not considered in traditional evaluation procedures, particularly through the mesoscale model. Our study showed what would happen if this effect is considered.
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Why is it important?
It gives policymakers and researchers to re-evaluate our expectations on the mitigation potential of urban forests in terms of overheating mitigation
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This page is a summary of: Are Grand Tree Planting Initiatives Meeting Expectations in Mitigating Urban Overheating During Heat Waves?, Sustainable Cities and Society, July 2024, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105671.
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