ABSTRACT
The urban heat island is among the more documented phenomena of climate change. It describes the high ambient temperatures in the dense zones of a city compared to its surroundings. This chapter presents the main developments in the area of urban mitigation technologies and, in particular, the most recent achievements and knowledge in the field of cool roofs and cool pavements, green roofs and urban parks. The chapter highlights the fact that adaptation to and mitigation of climate change related to urban heat, or simply cooling cities, will be a main strategy in the coming years in order to fight the negative effects of energy demand on the environment.
