Microclimate Change and Diversity in Natural and Human Dominated Systems explores microclimatic variability in a variety of natural and human dominated landscapes, also discussing their importance in the conservation of water, support of biological diversity, and mitigation of localized heating, both in the context of urban heat islands, and in the context or regional and global climate change. The book explores public policy frameworks and professional practices (e.g., architecture and agriculture) that affect the distribution and diversity of microclimates.
Readers will find a synthesis of current understanding that will support sound decision- making in urban and regional planning and advancement of policy to prevent microclimate change.
Table of Contents
1. Definitions of Microclimates2. Microclimates in natural ecosystems
3. Urban microclimates
4. Microclimates in agricultural and agroforestry systems
5. Microclimate change
6. Microclimate and biodiversity
7. Natural water cycles and microclimate
8. Urban and regional planning through a microclimate lens
9. Conservation of biological diversity through a microclimate lens
10. Policy frameworks as they relate to microclimate
11. Microclimate change in context of regional or global climate change
