Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

Human life has faced fundamental challenges in many aspects due to the spread of the
Coronavirus disease in the world, resulting in rethinking urban design and planning policies …

Sixty-four airport climate records were examined across Canada. Day-to-day (DTD)
temperature variability metrics were used to assess the nature of the local environment. In …

There have been a prolonged lockdown period and reduction in human activities in most of
the major cities in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic period between the early 2020 …

It is predicted that the COVID-19 lockdown decreased environmental pollutants and, hence,
urban heat island. Using the hypothesis as a guide, the objective of this research is to …

Few publications have considered the urban heat island (UHI) effect in small settlements.
This paper, therefore, presents the findings of a UHI study conducted in the small, mid …

This study presents a novel audio compression technique, tailored for environmental
monitoring within multi-modal data processing pipelines. Considering the crucial role that …

Land surface temperature (LST) is an important variable in urban microclimate research. At
the end of 2019, the emergence of Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world in a manner …

Community resilience refers to the ability for a geographic area to respond and adapt to
acute shocks and long-term stresses. Geography research is well positioned to examine …

Under the current energy crisis and climate change, sustainable urban planning and
building design are a priority to achieve a net-zero future, as energy use in buildings for …