Professor Dimitris Melas
Project Manager (AUTH)
Urbanization has grown to be one of the most important human-environmental
interactions. Urban dwellers are often exposed to levels of air pollution
that are harmful to their health while the urban heat island effect
reinforce the impact of heatwaves on human health.
Dr. Andrea Cecilia
PhD student (ISAC-CNR)
Knowing the physical dynamics, which regulate the temperature pattern and diffusion of pollutants in urban environments, is nowadays urgent and essential to adopt strategies to limit excessive deterioration of air quality, which has a non-negligible impact on citizen health. For this very reason, LIFE-SIRIUS was born