Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China
This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …
Towards green roof implementation: Drivers, motivations, barriers and recommendations
G Zhang, BJ He - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2021 - Elsevier
The environmental challenges in cities urge people to explore feasible strategies for
resilient, sustainable, healthy and livable built environments, of which designing and …
resilient, sustainable, healthy and livable built environments, of which designing and …
The effects of low-carbon pilot policy on technological innovation: Evidence from prefecture-level data in China
C Zhu, CC Lee - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Using a balance panel dataset of 278 Chinese cities, this study is the first to employ a spatial
difference-in-differences (SDID) approach to investigate both the direct and indirect effects of …
difference-in-differences (SDID) approach to investigate both the direct and indirect effects of …
Effects of China's pilot low-carbon city policy on carbon emission reduction: a quasi-natural experiment based on satellite data
W Huo, J Qi, T Yang, J Liu, M Liu, Z Zhou - Technological Forecasting and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Economic development has brought about global greenhouse gas emissions and thus
global climate change, which is a common challenge for all mankind that urgently needs to …
global climate change, which is a common challenge for all mankind that urgently needs to …
Local climate zone ventilation and urban land surface temperatures: Towards a performance-based and wind-sensitive planning proposal in megacities
Performance-based planning (PBP) is designed to determine city planning standards based
on local activity characteristics; however, there have been few practical applications of this …
on local activity characteristics; however, there have been few practical applications of this …
Application and suitability analysis of the key technologies in nearly zero energy buildings in China
The energy consumption in buildings accounts for a significant proportion of total energy
and carbon emissions over the world. To reduce the building energy consumption and …
and carbon emissions over the world. To reduce the building energy consumption and …
Towards the next generation of green building for urban heat island mitigation: Zero UHI impact building
BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
At present, cities are under the threats of global warming and urban heat island (UHI)
phenomenon, where buildings are an important cause and also the sufferer of urban …
phenomenon, where buildings are an important cause and also the sufferer of urban …
Co-benefits approach: Opportunities for implementing sponge city and urban heat island mitigation
Climate change and its impacts cannot be addressed once for all due to internal complexity.
Some implemented strategies may only be capable of dealing with a cluster of problems …
Some implemented strategies may only be capable of dealing with a cluster of problems …
An evolutionary game analysis of governments' decision-making behaviors and factors influencing watershed ecological compensation in China
As a way to coordinate the interests of multi-government and solve the problem of
transboundary water pollution, watershed ecological compensation system has been …
transboundary water pollution, watershed ecological compensation system has been …
[HTML][HTML] Sustainability outcomes of green processes in relation to industry 4.0 in manufacturing: Systematic review
Green processes are very important for the implementation of green technologies in
production to achieve positive sustainability outcomes in the Industry 4.0 era. The scope of …
production to achieve positive sustainability outcomes in the Industry 4.0 era. The scope of …