Review and Critical Analysis of International UHI Studies

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Bibliographic Report and Study of
Urban Heat Island Countermeasures
5.5 Opportunities for Scale Up (Barrier and Rate Analysis) ............................ 98
5.5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 98
5.5.2 High‐level Barrier Diagram ................................................................................................ 98
5.5.3 Five A’s Barrier Classification ............................................................................................ 99
5.5.3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 99
5.5.3.2 The 5A’s Framework for Market Transformation .................................................. 99
5.5.4 Barrier/Catalyst Category Review ....................................................................................100
5.5.4.1 Institutional Barriers/Catalyst ..................................................................................100
5.5.4.2 Information Barriers/Catalyst ...................................................................................101
5.5.4.3 Technological Barriers/Catalyst ...............................................................................103
5.5.4.4 Culture, Tradition, and Language Barriers/Catalyst .............................................104
5.5.4.5 Urban Design/Planning Barriers/Catalyst ..............................................................105
5.5.4.6 Climate/Geography Barriers/Catalyst .....................................................................106
5.5.4.7 Economic Barriers/Catalyst ......................................................................................107
5.5.4.8 Policy/Legal Barriers/Catalyst ..................................................................................109
5.6 Urban Planning and Retrofit ........................................................................ 110
5.6.1 Cool/Green Roof Planning Issues .....................................................................................111
5.6.2 Cool Pavement and Road Planning Issues ......................................................................113
5.6.3 Urban Green Area Planning Issues ..................................................................................113
5.6.4 Energy Efficiency Measures Planning Issues ..................................................................114
5.6.5 Transport System Design Planning Issues ......................................................................114
5.6.6 Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................116
6 RECOMMENDED PRIORITY AREAS ................................................................ 117
6.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 117
6.2 Policy priorities .............................................................................................. 117
6.2.1 Policy needs at the national level .....................................................................................117
6.2.2 Policy tools/support service needs for municipal authorities ......................................118
6.3 Research priorities ......................................................................................... 119
6.4 Developing a UHI road‐map ....................................................................... 121
7 GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL ............................................................................ 122
7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 122
7.2 Role Identification .......................................................................................... 122
7.3 The Proposed Panel ....................................................................................... 125