Increase in urban population across the globe has resulted in drastic rise in anthropogenic activities and urban surface modifications. These contribute to the hike of urban temperature above the temperature of surrounding rural areas. When this happens, the city is said to experience Urban Heat Island (UHI). This paper presents a review of available literatures on the subject matter of UHI with peculiar emphasis on urban pavements. Information on the state of the art of UHI measurement, evaluation, and mitigation is reported. The causes, effects, and spatio-temporal variations in UHI events were studied and discussed. Addressing the harmful effects of UHI would involve adoption of effective mitigation strategies that can improve the environmental, societal, and economic sustainability of urban structures and landscapes. Implementation of innovative designs of urban pavements to ensure lower surface temperature was generally recommended. The use of vegetative covers, reflective surfaces, water retaining materials, and heat capturing devices were found to be effective. The facts presented in this paper are very expedient to inform policy making and guide to future studies that can lead to more innovative engineering designs of sustainable urban pavements for UHI mitigation.

全球城市人口的增加已导致人为活动和城市表面改造的急剧增加。这些导致城市温度升高到高于周围农村地区的温度。发生这种情况时，据说该城市将经历城市热岛（UHI）。本文介绍了有关UHI主题的现有文献，其中特别强调了城市人行道。报告了有关UHI测量，评估和缓解的最新技术信息。研究和讨论了UHI事件的原因，影响和时空变化。解决UHI的有害影响将涉及采用有效的缓解策略，可以改善城市结构和景观在环境，社会和经济方面的可持续性。一般建议对城市路面进行创新设计以确保较低的表面温度。发现使用植物覆盖物，反射面，保水材料和集热装置是有效的。本文中介绍的事实非常有利于为政策制定提供参考，并为将来的研究提供指南，这些研究可以导致为减轻UHI造成的可持续城市路面的创新设计。