ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are a major environmental consequence of developing urban infrastructure, including pavements. The effect of a specific pavement on the urban environment depends on not just the pavement structure, but also the weather and urban form of the location. To develop a rational approach towards incorporating these variables in UHI analysis, a microscale, uncoupled pavement-urban canyon model was developed and applied on the warmest hour for 30-year representative weather data in Chicago. The UHI intensity was found to vary spatially not just with the aspect ratio of the urban canyon, but also its relative position, as well as the structure of the pavement. Furthermore, future weather scenarios such as warming trends, elevated the UHI intensity.
