Urban heat island (UHI) intensity and magnitude estimations: A systematic literature review

SW Kim, RD Brown - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The severity of urban heat islands (UHIs) is increasing due to global and urban climate
change. The damage caused by UHIs is also increasing. To establish a plan to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review on the cooling effect of urban blue-green space: A threshold-size perspective

Z Yu, G Yang, S Zuo, G Jørgensen, M Koga… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cooling effect of blue-green space has been recognized as a promising approach to
mitigate the urban heat island (UHI), while the quantitative role (threshold-size for cooling) is …

Exploring thermal comfort of urban buildings based on local climate zones

J Ren, J Yang, Y Zhang, X Xiao, JC Xia, X Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite increasing attention to rising land surface temperatures (LSTs) and other climate
changes caused by urbanization, few studies have considered the characteristics of LST or …

Satellite remote sensing of surface urban heat islands: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

D Zhou, J Xiao, S Bonafoni, C Berger, K Deilami… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The surface urban heat island (SUHI), which represents the difference of land surface
temperature (LST) in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces, is usually …

Urban heat island (UHI) variations within a city boundary: A systematic literature review

SW Kim, RD Brown - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHI) in a city tend to vary with changes in time and space. To effectively
cope with the accelerating intensity of UHI due to global warming and the resulting damage …

How to effectively mitigate urban heat island effect? A perspective of waterbody patch size threshold

J Peng, Q Liu, Z Xu, D Lyu, Y Du, R Qiao… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic warming and urbanization have exacerbated urban heat island (UHI) effect
globally. Waterbodies have significant cooling effect while the current UHI mitigation …

[HTML][HTML] Diurnal and seasonal trends and associated determinants of surface urban heat islands in large Bangladesh cities

A Dewan, G Kiselev, D Botje - Applied Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Many surface urban heat island (SUHI) studies have been conducted around the globe,
however there is still a lack of information available regarding the intensity of SUHI (SUHII) …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring diurnal dynamics of surface urban heat island for urban agglomerations using ECOSTRESS land surface temperature observations

Y Chang, J Xiao, X Li, Q Weng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Extreme heat exposure at the regional scale is warranted for special attention due to the
changing global climate yet notable regional disparities in the effect of warming. NASA's …

Urbanization contributes little to global warming but substantially intensifies local and regional land surface warming

D Zhou, J Xiao, S Frolking, L Zhang, G Zhou - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing urbanization causes an urban heat island (UHI) effect and exacerbates health
risks of heat waves due to global warming. The surface UHI (SUHI) in large cities has been …

The footprint of urban heat island effect in 302 Chinese cities: Temporal trends and associated factors

Q Yang, X Huang, Q Tang - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect has been a concern for decades due its adverse influence
on energy consumption, air and water quality, and, most importantly, the health of urban …