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The Climate Trends and Projections section focuses in on the city of Houston, analyzing historical and projected temperature and precipitation trends in 25 different climate indicators, from the temperature of the hottest day of the year to projected changes in heavy
5 maj 2021 · Air pollution caused by growing industries, heavy traffic and a car-dependent culture remain a persistent problem for the Houston region. The number of days in which ozone levels were above EPA standard fell 64% in Harris County and 77% in Montgomery County between 2000 and 2020.
5 paź 2020 · But as the climate warms, the economic and human tolls of catastrophic flooding from increasingly frequent and extreme weather events necessitate a more collective response, one that links urbanization to the imperatives of a safer, more economically sustainable and more just city.
On April 22, 2020 – the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – the City launched the science-based, community-driven Houston Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, meet the Paris Agreement goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, and lead the global energy transition.
We discuss new modeling paradigms pertinent to climate impact studies, with a focus on building energetics and urban vegetation. In combination with regional climate modeling, new methods benefit the variety of climate scenarios and models to provide pertinent information at urban scale.
Houston: Physical Geography-Climate and Geology, The Planning Data and Services Series Report Number 6 by City of Houston Planning and Development Department, 1994. From the Series: Materials at the BPA included a large number of books and monographs.
Houston: Geography and Climate. Houston lies near the Gulf of Mexico and sprawls westward from the shores of Galveston Bay on the coastal prairie of eastern Texas. Major waterways include the San Jacinto River, part of which is encompassed by the man-made Houston Ship Channel, and an intricate network of meandering creeks and bayous, the ...
