Linking landscape spatial heterogeneity to urban heat island and outdoor human thermal comfort in Tokyo: Application of the outdoor thermal comfort index

YJ Kim, S Yu, D Li, SN Gatson, RD Brown - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and high-density development are major drivers of global warming. The
associations of spatial landscape patterns with urban thermal environments have been …

Meteorological gaps in audits of pedestrian environments: a scoping review

HF Drapeau, P Singh, F Benyaminov, K Wright… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Background Weather and season are determinants of physical activity. Therefore, it is
important to ensure built environments are designed to mitigate negative impacts of weather …

Mobilise-D insights to estimate real-world walking speed in multiple conditions with a wearable device

C Kirk, A Küderle, ME Micó-Amigo, T Bonci… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study aimed to validate a wearable device's walking speed estimation pipeline,
considering complexity, speed, and walking bout duration. The goal was to provide …

Impact of urban microclimate on walking volume by street type and heat-vulnerable age groups: Seoul's IoT sensor big data

YJ Kim, S Jang, KB Kim - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an emerging interest in the association between walking and meteorological
conditions. Despite the growing risk of heat stress, the city-wide evaluation of heat impact on …

Street-level urban heat island mitigation: Assessing the cooling effect of green infrastructure using urban IoT sensor big data

S Jang, J Bae, YJ Kim - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing interest in mitigating urban heat islands (UHIs), the cooling effects of green
infrastructure (GI) have been extensively studied. Despite its importance, there is limited …

Key characteristics of forest therapy trails: A guided, integrative approach

PH Gobster, LE Kruger, CL Schultz, JR Henderson - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forest therapy is an emerging holistic health practice that uses multisensory immersive
engagements in forest settings to achieve health and wellbeing outcomes. Many forest …

How weather impacts the citizens' activity patterns in southern China? Enlightenment from large-scale mobile phone signaling data of Guangzhou

Y Zou, W Xie, S Lou, L Zhang, Y Huang, D Xia, X Yang… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
In the realm of smart cities, understanding citizens' activity patterns is essential for effective
urban planning and development. Weather condition plays a crucial role in shaping citizen's …

Heat vulnerability and street-level outdoor thermal comfort in the city of Houston: Application of google street view image derived SVFs

YJ Kim, D Li, Y Xu, Y Zhang, X Li, L Muhlenforth, S Xue… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Heatwaves and urban heat islands disproportionately affect residents of urban areas. Past
studies on the heat vulnerability indexes (HVI) to evaluate the heat-related risk have two …

[HTML][HTML] Climate walking and linear mixed model statistics for the seasonal outdoor thermophysiological comfort assessment in Lisbon

T Silva, C Reis, D Braz, J Vasconcelos, A Lopes - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
To measure urban outdoor pedestrian thermophysiological comfort mobile roving missions
were conducted in all seasons of the year during the day and at night. Six routes were …

Intensification of thermal risk in a changing climate: findings from prominent tourism destinations along the eastern Adriatic coast

S Malinović-Milićević, J Micić, S Denda… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The climate and thermal comfort of а destination greatly influence the tourism industry.
Therefore, this study was focused on researching thermal comfort changes and their impacts …