Sensing-based park cooling performance observation and assessment: A review

H Liu, B Huang, X Cheng, M Yin, C Shang, Y Luo… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parks are important solutions to urban heat challenges given their potential for cool island
effects. Observation and assessment of park cooling performance are important for providing …

A comprehensive review of thermal comfort evaluation methods and influencing factors for urban parks

P Zheng, R Yao, J O'Donnell, E Mohareb… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban parks play an important role in alleviating the negative impacts of global climate
change and benefit urban thermal resilience. A well-designed thermal environment in urban …

Seasonal impacts of built environment and its interactions on urban park cooling effects in Nanjing, China

Z Liang, Z Li, Z Fan - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban parks offer a nature-based solution to mitigate urban heat islands (UHIs). Although
the urban park cooling effect (UPCE) has been extensively investigated, the assessment of …

Parks may not be effective enough to improve the thermal environment in Shanghai (China) as our modified H3SFCA method suggests

P Zeng, D Shi, Y Liu, T Tian, Y Che, M Helbich - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic warming and rapid urbanization have exacerbated the deterioration of urban
thermal environments, increasing interest in the ability of parks to regulate local climates …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change adaptation policy and practice: Case study of the major cities in Poland

A Smaliychuk, A Latocha-Wites - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper critically evaluates the urban climate change adaptation policy and practise in
Central Europe using Polish cities as an example. The study focused on local policy …

Quantification of the cooling effect and cooling distance of urban green spaces based on their vegetation structure and size as a basis for management tools for …

I Gallay, B Olah, V Murtinová, Z Gallayová - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The urban climate is receiving increased attention mainly due to climate change. There are
several ways to mitigate the urban climate, but green spaces have an advantage over other …

Soil texture mediates the surface cooling effect of urban and peri-urban green spaces during a drought period in the city area of Hamburg (Germany)

B Stumpe, B Bechtel, J Heil, C Jörges… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces (UGS) and peri-urban green spaces (P-UGS) play a crucial role in
reducing the land surface temperature within the urban environment, especially during heat …

Effects of urban, peri-urban and rural land covers on plant functional traits around Bogotá, Colombia

M Salamanca-Fonseca, AM Aldana… - Urban …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Global South has suffered an accelerated population and urban growth. This
has created multiple impacts at the regional level such as erosion, soil degradation and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal analysis of the urban green infrastructure of the city of Granada (Spain) as a heat mitigation measure using high-resolution images Sentinel 3

DH García - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, and motivated by a substantial growth of the population, a considerable
expansion of urban areas is taking place through the modification of land uses. These …

Linking maximum-impact and cumulative-impact indices to quantify the cooling effect of waterbodies in a subtropical city: A seasonal perspective

X Yao, Z Zhu, X Zeng, S Huang, Q Liu, K Yu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have explored how waterbodies mitigate the urban heat island (UHI)
effect by determining their maximum impact. However, their cumulative impact resulting from …