Urbanization and climate change represent major public health challenges, impacting
several approaches, including urban microclimate (UMC) performance. UMC studies adopt …

Wind has been utilized for passive ventilation and mechanical power since antiquity. As an
abundant renewable resource, today, wind is increasingly seen as a critical resource to help …

Due to insufficient records and limited number of weather stations, prediction models must
be used to forecast local climate conditions. Accurate prediction is required in the case of …

A consequence of urbanization was the intensification of urban heat islands, especially in
tropical cities. There have been rapid developments in infrastructure that have displaced …

Buildings consume a significant part of the world's resources and energy. The growing
environmental awareness and urgent need to reduce energy consumption have highlighted …

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, studies focused on the relationship
between urban planning practice and climatology are still lacking, despite the fact that the …

Urban densification increases the number of people living in urban areas and is
hypothesized to be a more efficient use of available land than urban sprawl. The objective of …

A new town is strategically built within a short period compared to naturally developed cities.
It is considered an appropriate study area for analyzing the urban climate problems such as …

This work proposes an automated workflow using digital twinning for multi-domain
environmental performance analysis of urban developments. Digital twins can potentially …

In previous studies, geometrical aspects of the buildings have been mainly considered in
designing of the models, while the impacts of vegetation distribution have not been taken …