Urbanization and climate change represent major public health challenges, impacting
several approaches, including urban microclimate (UMC) performance. UMC studies adopt …

Urban street vending is an integral part of everyday public life and can contribute to vibrant
and lively streets. Yet, few cities formally integrate this activity into public space design. This …

Neighborhood regeneration has become essential component of environmental
improvement, and promoting resident participation is a key aspect of effective environmental …

Creating thermally comfortable living environment under the new normal of heat waves
requires pertinent knowledge as references. In subtropical residential areas, various types of …

Urban morphology severely affects the intra-urban heat flux transport and thus directly
regulates urban thermal environment. Despite previous studies suggested that urban …

Pedestrian navigation is often guided by points-of-interest and visibility, yet most planning
and design models ignore these, solely addressing street networks. Our innovative 'POI …

Abstract Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) facilitates the creation of more walkable cities.
To implement TODs, urban planners need a mechanism to delineate TOD levels so they can …

Climate change represents a vital public health challenge, resulting in serious impacts that
require passive strategies in the built environment sector to mitigate such impacts. Such …

Walking has been recognized as an important mode of transportation in recent years, and
recent research has improved travel demand models for walk trips. One important added …

In times of rapid urban expansion, urgent demand for housing and simultaneously efforts to
minimise the use of urban land are competing objectives. The concept of large housing …