Recent studies indicate the necessity of addressing traffic-related air pollution in urban
environments, as street canyons are known for their lack of natural ventilation and increased …

Outdoor air pollution is a significant global issue because it poses a major long-term health
risk. A growing number of studies are conducted to develop local mitigation strategies for …

Higher temperatures are measured in urban areas compared to surrounding rural areas due
to the urban heat island effect. One of the most efficient ways of removing heat from urban …

Local and state governments find it challenging to adopt aggressive residential building
codes that require energy-efficiency upgrades beyond those with a reasonable payback …

Increased urbanization combined with the intensification of short rainfall events has
worsened the urban flood issue. Among the different blue-green solutions to mitigate pluvial …

The effects of a stably-stratified boundary layer on flow and dispersion in a bi-dimensional
street canyon with unity aspect ratio have been investigated experimentally in a wind tunnel …

The turbulent dispersion of a passive tracer emitted by a line source simulating vehicular
traffic in an idealized urban canyon in neutral conditions is studied in the water channel by …

Although most people live in cities, the pollutant transport in so-called street canyons is still
not well understood. The main reason is the complexity of the problem, where the roof …

Despite the progress made in recent years, reliable modeling of indoor air quality is still far
from being obtained. This requires better chemical characterization of the pollutants and …

The hydrodynamics in a straight rectangular open channel containing novel lateral cavities
constructed by an array of square emergent vegetation patches discontinuously distributed …