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heat island

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heat island
n.
An area, such as a city or industrial site, having consistently higher temperatures than surrounding areas because of a greater retention of heat, as by buildings, concrete, and asphalt.


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New York City is a victim of the heat island effect: a five- to seven-degree temperature difference between the city and the surrounding countryside.
Learning from green roofs: a Bronx school's lesson in saving energy by Gleason, Paul / E
Uniform groves of palo verde trees in the parking lots screen the buildings and reduce the heat island effect caused by the sun blaring down on exposed asphalt.
Suburban oasis: This new community centre in a suburb of Phoenix ... by Slessor, Catherine / The Architectural Review
Most significant of all, the IPPC 2001 report, on page 106, carries the following summary of many scientists who have studied the urban heat island effect in detail and whose work appears in the refereed literature.
The global warming crisis by Jordan, Stuart / The Humanist
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