Toward a Decision Support System for Mitigating Urban Heat

Authors

Matthias Tuczek, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Kenan Degirmenci, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Kevin C. Desouza, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Richard T. Watson, Systems, University of GeorgiaFollow
Tan Yigitcanlar, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Veronica Garcia Hansen, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Sara Omrani, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Keivan Bamdad, Queensland University of TechnologyFollow
Michael H. Breitner, Leibniz Universität HannoverFollow

Abstract

With the continuous rise of global urbanization, city planners and policymakers are increasingly concerned with urban heat islands (UHI), which are metropolitan areas that are significantly warmer than their surrounding rural areas. We address the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11 “Sustainable Cities and Communities,” and we design and develop a decision support system (DSS), which will help city planners and policymakers to overcome economic barriers to reach environmental sustainability goals.

Recommended Citation

Tuczek, Matthias; Degirmenci, Kenan; Desouza, Kevin C.; Watson, Richard T.; Yigitcanlar, Tan; Garcia Hansen, Veronica; Omrani, Sara; Bamdad, Keivan; and Breitner, Michael H., "Toward a Decision Support System for Mitigating Urban Heat" (2019). Pre-ICIS Workshop Proceedings 2019. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/sprouts_proceedings_siggreen_2019/1