Esther San José

Mrs. Esther San José

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2022
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RFRaúl Sánchez Francés
Raúl Sánchez Francés
EJEsther San José
Esther San José
JFJose Fermoso
Jose Fermoso
SVSilvia Gómez Valle
Silvia Gómez Valle
MGMaría González
María González

19 February 2025 in Nature-Based Solutions
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EJEsther San José
Esther San José
BDBárbara Díez
Bárbara Díez
SGSilvia Gómez
Silvia Gómez
RMRaquel Marijuán
Raquel Marijuán
JCJorge Calvo
Jorge Calvo
RSRaúl Sánchez
Raúl Sánchez

7 August 2026 in Urban Science
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RFRaúl Sánchez Francés
Raúl Sánchez Francés
CAROLINA MARTINEZ-RUIZCAROLINA MARTINEZ-RUIZ
CAROLINA MARTINEZ-RUIZ
EJEsther San José
Esther San José
BDBárbara Díez-Rodríguez
Bárbara Díez-Rodríguez
JSJose María Sanz
Jose María Sanz
JGJuan Garcia-Duro
Juan Garcia-Duro
Urbanisation and climate change have intensified the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in European cities, increasing thermal stress and health risks, especially for vulnerable people. Nature-based Solutions (NbS), such as green infrastructures (GI), offer effective mitigation strategies. A notable example is the Horizon 2020 URBAN GreenUP project in Valladolid, Spain, where a green shade shelter infrastructure was installed and monitored between 2019 and 2022 to evaluate its cooling performance and its effects on temperature-based urban heat indicators through the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Local thermal conditions were monitored across two adjacent narrow streets—one with the green shade shelter and one as a control. The installation of the green shade shelter in Valladolid produced measurable thermal benefits. During summer peaks, it reduced ambient temperatures by approximately 0.9 °C, with daily maximum temperatures decreasing by 1.0–3.0 °C. In winter, daily minimum temperatures dropped by around 1.0 °C, while autumn saw an increase of 0.7 °C. Summer minimum temperatures varied, ranging from a 0.2 °C decrease in early summer to a 0.7 °C increase in late summer, with a 0.3 °C rise during peak summer in mid-July. The intervention also reduced the frequency and delayed the onset of days exceeding 35 °C and nights above 20 °C, although the delay in peak tropical nights was limited to seven days. These findings indicate that green shade shelters can contribute to improving street-level thermal conditions and reducing temperature-based heat exposure indicators in dense urban environments.