Calibrating and validating the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) urban cooling model: case studies in France and the United States

• Main Authors: Hamel, Perrine, Bosch, Martí, Tardieu, Léa, Lemonsu, Aude, De Munck, Cécile, Nootenboom, Chris, Viguié, Vincent, Lonsdorf, Eric, Douglass, James A., Sharp, Richard P.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem service; Infrastructure planning
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178866
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Understanding the cooling service provided by vegetation in cities is important to inform urban policy and planning. However, the performance of decision-support tools estimating heat mitigation for urban greening strategies has not been evaluated systematically. Here, we further develop a calibrati...