Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

F Huang, S Jiang, W Zhan, B Bechtel, Z Liu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …

[HTML][HTML] A hybrid machine learning approach to investigate the changing urban thermal environment by dynamic land cover transformation: A case study of Suwon …

S Lee, C Yoo, J Im, D Cho, Y Lee, D Bae - International Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban thermal environment should be analyzed by considering the dynamic structural
changes as cities grow both horizontally and vertically. Local Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme …

Investigating the diversity of land surface temperature characteristics in different scale cities based on local climate zones

J Yang, Y Zhan, X Xiao, JC Xia, W Sun, X Li - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Local Climate Zones (LCZs) are effective tools to quantify the urban
heat island effect. However, the study of LCZs mainly focuses on the meso-micro scale, and …

Time evolution of the surface urban heat island

ID Stewart, ES Krayenhoff, JA Voogt… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric and surface urban heat islands (UHI) originate from common energetic
processes, but the status of scientific knowledge on their time evolution is highly disparate …

Assessment of green roofs' potential to improve the urban thermal environment: The case of Beijing

Y Fang, X Du, H Zhao, M Hu, X Xu - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Against the backdrop of global warming, rapid urbanization has caused the aggregation of
urban building spaces and the heat island effect is becoming increasingly serious, hindering …

Remote sensing in environmental justice research—a review

M Weigand, M Wurm, S Dech… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Human health is known to be affected by the physical environment. Various environmental
influences have been identified to benefit or challenge people's physical condition. Their …

Complexity of the relationship between 2D/3D urban morphology and the land surface temperature: a multiscale perspective

Y Liu, Z Wang, X Liu, B Zhang - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Urban morphology is a crucial contributor to urban heat island (UHI) effects. However, few
studies have explored the complex effect of 2D/3D urban morphology on UHIs from a …

Object-based image analysis to map local climate zones: The case of Bandung, Indonesia

RM Simanjuntak, M Kuffer, D Reckien - Applied geography, 2019 - Elsevier
Local climate zones (LCZs) are seen as a useful concept to investigate the relationship
between land use types and urban heat island effects, which has been substantially …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of land use types on the spatial heterogeneity of extreme heat environments in a metropolitan area

TL Chen, ZH Lin - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Global climate change has intensified extreme climate events such as torrential rain/snow,
heat waves, and droughts. Among climate disaster events, extreme heat can bring long and …

Impact of Local Climate Zones on the Urban Heat and Dry Islands in Beijing: Spatial Heterogeneity and Relative Contributions

Z Zheng, F Luo, N Li, H Gao, Y Yang - Journal of Meteorological Research, 2024 - Springer
Based on the building height and density data on a 100-m resolution, hourly 2-m
temperature and humidity data at 83 automatic weather stations, and gridded local climate …