Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas,
including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a …

Co-optimization of urban morphology and distributed energy systems is key to curb energy
consumption and optimally exploit renewable energy in cities. Currently available …

An increase of the green infrastructure (GI) in cities contributes to sharing the common goals
of reducing energy usage, mitigating pollution emissions, and improving the urban climate …

In this study we investigated the association between daily weather types (WTs) and the
Urban Heat Island (UHI) in two Mediterranean coastal metropolises. For this purpose, we …

Cities worldwide are getting warmer due to the combined effects of urban heat and climate
change. To this end, local policy makers need to identify the most thermally vulnerable areas …

Climate change and environmental pressures in urban areas have created the need for new
concepts and tools for the management of urban development that ensure the protection of …

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intend to encourage liveable
urban environments by 2030 with a main focus on strategies to achieve environmental and …

Urban green spaces (UGSs) may present economic contributions through increases in
proximate property values, encapsulated in the proximity principle (PP). More data on the PP …

The primary goal of urban parks and green spaces is to provide ecosystem services, not
only for the visitors that use them but also for the entire urban population. Athens …

As urbanized areas continue to expand rapidly across all continents, the United Nations
adopted in 2015 the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, aimed at shaping a …