Heat Stress Mitigation Strategies Must Be Tailored to Climate

Researchers at the University of Tehran, studying 12 Iranian cities, found that the impact of human activity intensity on urban thermal comfort differs across humid, semi-arid and arid climates, and that strategies to reduce heat stress must be designed to match each city's climatic characteristics.

The researchers of Tehran University found out that the impact of the intensity of human activities on urban thermal comfort in humid, semi-arid and dry climates is different in the study of 12 Iranian cities, and the solutions to reduce heat stress should be designed according to the climatic characteristics of each city.