Browsing Civil Structural & Environ Eng (Theses and Dissertations) by Author "Sweeney, Angharad"

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      Sweeney, Angharad (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, 2013)
      A phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect occurs where the air and surface temperatures are hotter than in their rural surroundings (Gartland, 2008). The UHI effect is a direct result of urbanisation whereby ...