Google earth engine cloud computing platform for remote sensing big data applications: A comprehensive review

M Amani, A Ghorbanian, SA Ahmadi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing (RS) systems have been collecting massive volumes of datasets for
decades, managing and analyzing of which are not practical using common software …

Ecosystem services and well-being dimensions related to urban green spaces–A systematic review

LV Pinto, M Inácio, CSS Ferreira, AD Ferreira… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces (UGS) supply several ecosystem services (ES) key to human
wellbeing. In this article, we conducted a systematic review focused on identifying UGS's ES …

CO2 emission sources, greenhouse gases, and the global warming effect

KO Yoro, MO Daramola - Advances in carbon capture, 2020 - Elsevier
This chapter discusses the concepts of CO 2 emission, global warming, and climate change
with an emphasis on their environmental impacts. Specifically, the chapter reviews different …

[PDF][PDF] Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

J Birkmann, E Liwenga, R Pandey, E Boyd, R Djalante… - 2022 - orbi.uliege.be
Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Air pollution, climate change, and human health in Indian cities: a brief review

R Kaur, P Pandey - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and air pollution have been a matter of serious concern all over the world in
the last few decades. The present review has been carried out in this concern over the …

Climate change impacts on critical urban infrastructure and urban resiliency strategies for the Middle East

M Salimi, SG Al-Ghamdi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
A number of published studies have demonstrated that the human habitability of the primary
urban areas in the Middle East, especially a number of areas in Gulf Cooperation Council …

Emerging study on the transmission of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) from urban perspective: Evidence from China

L Liu - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents an in-depth investigation on the transmission of the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) from the urban perspective. It focuses on the “aftermath” of the outbreak and the …

Vulnerability of Australia to heatwaves: A systematic review on influencing factors, impacts, and mitigation options

MSG Adnan, A Dewan, D Botje, S Shahid… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Heatwaves have received major attention globally due to their detrimental
effects on human health and the environment. The frequency, duration, and severity of …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and innovations in the economic evaluation of the risks of climate change

JA Rising, C Taylor, MC Ives, RET Ward - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
A large discrepancy exists between the dire impacts that most natural scientists project we
could face from climate change and the modest estimates of damages calculated by …

[HTML][HTML] The heat-health nexus in the urban context: A systematic literature review exploring the socio-economic vulnerabilities and built environment characteristics

M Ellena, M Breil, S Soriani - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Of all-natural disasters, extreme high temperatures events are the main cause of weather-
related mortality. The compact urban settings of cities, the dependency on infrastructural …