Sentences with phrase «urban climate i.e.»

Consists of: A definition and a description of the characteristics of urban climate i.e. climatic dome and layers.

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-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

A consortium comprised by CHORA (an urban planning, architectural and research organization based in London), Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects (a Shanghai - based architectural firm), Caspervandertak (a Beijing - based CDM consulting firm) and Xiamen University, each joint - hosts of the symposium, are pitching the idea of establishing Xiamen as an «climate change incubator» — i.e. the creation of an institutional structure for the promotion and development of a series of climate change mitigation projects that will the take the form of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) installations.