dc.contributor.author |
Hugo, Jan Marais
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-04-18T12:04:37Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-04-18T12:04:37Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2023-01-12 |
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dc.description |
DATA AVAILABILITY : The data underpinning this project are available at the following online repository: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.21747443. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Globally extreme weather events are experienced most acutely in cities. While formal
settlements can respond to such events, informal settlements are often vulnerable and illprepared.
Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly urbanising with informal settlements that require
effective climate change adaptation measures. Two climate adaptation strategies for
informal dwellings are considered for their success under 2100 Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) climate scenarios. Using existing data collected from informal
dwellings in South Africa, the findings from a digital simulation study reveal that cool roof
paints can currently lower excessive heat stress conditions by 42–63% when applied to high
thermal mass dwellings with poorly insulated lightweight corrugated sheeting roofing.
However, for the future 2100 climate scenarios this strategy only lowers excessive heat
stress conditions by 12–17%. This calls for the development of integrated multifaceted
heat stress adaptation strategies for informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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dc.description.department |
Architecture |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2024 |
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dc.description.sdg |
SDG-11:Sustainable cities and communities |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) One Health For Change (UP-OHC) project and is part of the University of Pretoria Built Environment and Public Health Nexus project. |
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dc.description.uri |
https://journal-buildingscities.org |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Hugo, J. M. (2023). Heat stress:
adaptation measures in South
African informal settlements.
Buildings and Cities, 4(1),
pp. 55–73. DOI: https://DOI.org/10.5334/bc.269. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2632-6655 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.5334/bc.269 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95653 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Ubiquity Press |
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dc.rights |
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an
open-access article distributed
under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (CC-BY
4.0). |
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dc.subject |
Informal settlements |
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dc.subject |
Climate change adaptation |
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dc.subject |
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) |
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dc.subject |
Heat stress |
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dc.subject |
SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities |
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dc.title |
Heat stress : adaptation measures in South African informal settlements |
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dc.type |
Article |
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