Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban …

Z Yu, J Chen, J Chen, W Zhan, C Wang, W Ma… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Previousstudies on the cooling of urban vegetation mainly focused on its transpiration or
shading effect separately, neglecting to explore the combined evapotranspiration-shading …

Making residential green space exposure evaluation more accurate: A composite assessment framework that integrates objective and subjective indicators

T Xia, B Zhao, J Yu, Y Gao, X Wang, Y Mao… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional satellite or land use-derived indicators for assessing residential green space
(RGS) exposure have limitations in predicting health benefits, owing to the individual …

Quantifying the main and interactive effects of the dominant factors on the diurnal cycles of land surface temperature in typical urban functional zones

J Chen, K Wang, P Du, Y Zang, P Zhang, J Xia… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect exists both during daytime and nighttime and varies with
urban characteristics, such as 2D/3D urban morphology and socio-economics. However …

How can urban green space be planned for a 'happy city'? Evidence from overhead-to eye-level green exposure metrics

Y Cheng, MHEM Browning, B Zhao, B Qiu… - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
The benefits of urban green spaces (UGSs) for human health have been extensively
documented. Nevertheless, few studies have incorporated multidimensional UGS exposure …

The cooling capacity of urban vegetation and its driving force under extreme hot weather: A comparative study between dry-hot and humid-hot cities

Z Ren, C Wang, Y Guo, S Hong, P Zhang, Z Ma… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extreme heat events in cities necessitate closer examination of urban vegetation'capacity to
mitigate extreme hot weather. However, the cooling capacity of vegetation (CCV) and its …

Heterogenous impact of background meteorological factors on the cooling effect of two types of typical urban parks: Evidence from Shanghai, China

X Geng, D Zhang, W Sun, Y Yuan, C Li, Z Yu - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The cooling effect of urban parks (PCE) is widely recognized as an effective way to improve
the urban thermal environment. While the influence of various background meteorological …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the Threshold Effects and Factors Impacting Physiological Health Benefits of Forest Exposure

B Yang, W Ta, W Dong, D Ma, J Duan, H Lin, D Dong… - Forests, 2024 - mdpi.com
The growing awareness of the health advantages offered by forests has underscored the
significance of forest exposure as an upstream preventive measure against disease. While …

A novel full-resolution convolutional neural network for urban-fringe-rural identification: A case study of urban agglomeration region

C Wang, X Sun, Z Liu, L Xia, H Liu, G Fang… - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring urbanization processes is important because they are often accompanied by
intensive landscape pattern transitions and pluralistic socioeconomic changes. To effectively …

Quantifying physiological health efficiency and benefit threshold of greenspace exposure in typical urban landscapes

Y Jin, Z Yu, G Yang, X Yao, M Hu, RP Remme… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although greenspace exposure has physiological health benefits, there is insufficient
research on the threshold effect of health benefits in typical urban landscapes. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] How do landscape patterns affect cooling intensity and scale? Evidence from 13 primary urban wetlands in China

Y Yan, H Hou, Y Murayama, R Wang, T Hu - Ecological Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban wetlands are important blue–green spaces in cities and, hence, play a pivotal role in
regulating local urban ecological environments and thermal conditions. However, despite …