Cities need to build on their resilience to deal with the combined effects of urbanization,
changing geopolitical contexts, and climate change. The physical form of cities has …

The relationship between urban form and building energy use has received increasing
attention in recent literature. However, findings from existing studies are diverse and …

Cities need to build on their resilience to cope with a broad range of natural and manmade
hazards that threaten their competitiveness, livability, and functionality. Recognizing this …

Impacted by the compounding effects of climate change and urbanization, cities are facing a
panoply of risks that threaten their sustainability. Recognizing the potentially catastrophic …

Urban resilience is a new path for the sustainable development of cities in the future.
However, recognizing and quantifying urban resilience is still in the conceptual and …

Urban morphology is examined in various disciplines as it is associated with a range of
ecological, social, and economic sustainable outcomes. Yet there is a lack of clarity and …

This paper presents the notion of spatial signatures as a characterisation of space based on
form and function designed to understand urban environments. The spatial configuration of …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is the primary greenhouse gas that increasingly threatens
environmental conditions and public health. In addition to conventional socio-economic …

Urban heat island effect is almost always neglected in building energy simulations, due to
difficulties in obtaining site-specific climate data with a district-scale resolution. This study …

Urban built form and density are crucial parameters for the optimization of building energy
performance. However, a cohesive framework which correlates building energy with urban …