Media reports on our work

Media reports on our work

July 16, 2024

We recently reported on our study published in The LANCET Planetary Health Journal on the impact of urban configuration types on urban heat islands, air pollution, CO2 emissions, and mortality – please see here: https://remote-sensing.org/new-publication-in-the-lancet-planetary-health-journal/.

 

In this study we analyzed – as part of an international team of researchers – how different urban configuration patterns affect the environment and human health. Here is the link to the open access publicationhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00120-7/fulltext

 

Now Der Spiegel, Welt and other media have reported on this study – see e.g. here:

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/staedte-gegen-hitze-schuetzen-weisse-daecher-kuehlen-besser-als-gruene-a-60679c25-fab4-4274-92ea-78de42ff9f36

https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article252370178/Sommer-Weisse-Daecher-und-reflektierende-Materialien-schuetzen-vor-Hitze.html

 

 

 

 

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