Urban heat island (UHI) variations within a city boundary: A systematic literature review

SW Kim, RD Brown - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHI) in a city tend to vary with changes in time and space. To effectively
cope with the accelerating intensity of UHI due to global warming and the resulting damage …

Computer vision technology for monitoring of indoor and outdoor environments and HVAC equipment: a review

B Yang, S Yang, X Zhu, M Qi, H Li, Z Lv, X Cheng… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Artificial intelligence technologies such as computer vision (CV), machine learning, Internet
of Things (IoT), and robotics have advanced rapidly in recent years. The new technologies …

Scale-dependent interactions between tree canopy cover and impervious surfaces reduce daytime urban heat during summer

CD Ziter, EJ Pedersen, CJ Kucharik… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
As cities warm and the need for climate adaptation strategies increases, a more detailed
understanding of the cooling effects of land cover across a continuum of spatial scales will …

Modelling urban heat island (UHI) and thermal field variation and their relationship with land use indices over Delhi and Mumbai metro cities

Shahfahad, S Talukdar, M Rihan, HT Hang… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract According to the World Urbanization Prospects of United Nations, the global urban
population has increased rapidly over past few decades, reaching about 55% in 2018 …

Pedestrians' behavior based on outdoor thermal comfort and micro-scale thermal environments, Austin, TX

SW Kim, RD Brown - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities have faced rapid urbanization, which has changed the impact of the micro-thermal
environment on residents' thermal comfort level. Therefore, planners need to understand the …

Which street is hotter? Street morphology may hold clues-thermal environment mapping based on street view imagery

Y Hu, F Qian, H Yan, A Middel, R Wu, M Zhu… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the heat distribution in street canyons is vital for effective urban planning.
The complex spatiotemporal patterns of urban heat are significantly influenced by urban …

Review on urban heat island in China: Methods, its impact on buildings energy demand and mitigation strategies

L Tian, Y Li, J Lu, J Wang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
High population density, dense high-rise buildings, and impervious pavements increase the
vulnerability of cities, which aggravate the urban climate environment characterized by the …

Evaluation and mapping of building overheating risk and air conditioning use due to the urban heat island effect

RL Hwang, TP Lin, FY Lin - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Differences in urban context can lead to distinct local microclimates. The data provided by a
single weather station are insufficient for evaluating residential thermal conditions and the …

Investigating the relationship between air temperature and the intensity of urban development using on-site measurement, satellite imagery and machine learning

TK Lau, TP Lin - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the seriousness of the urban heat problem, the relationship between urbanization and
air temperature has become a critical concern worldwide. In this study, common urban …

Influence of weather factors on thermal comfort in subtropical urban environments

CH Huang, HH Tsai, HC Chen - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urbanization has influenced the distribution of heat in urban environments. The mutual
influence between weather factors and urban forms created by dense buildings intensify …