Heat mitigation benefits of urban green and blue infrastructures: A systematic review of modeling techniques, validation and scenario simulation in ENVI-met V4

Z Liu, W Cheng, CY Jim, TE Morakinyo, Y Shi… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green and blue infrastructures (GBI) are considered an effective tool for mitigating
urban heat stress and improving human thermal comfort. Many studies have investigated the …

A review of strategies for mitigating roadside air pollution in urban street canyons

Y Huang, C Lei, CH Liu, P Perez, H Forehead… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban street canyons formed by high-rise buildings restrict the dispersion of vehicle
emissions, which pose severe health risks to the public by aggravating roadside air quality …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions efficiency evaluation against natural hazards: Modelling methods, advantages and limitations

P Kumar, SE Debele, J Sahani, N Rawat… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risks (HMRs) reduction and
management are becoming increasingly popular, but challenges such as the lack of well …

How can greenery space mitigate urban heat island? An analysis of cooling effect, carbon sequestration, and nurturing cost at the street scale

C Xi, L Han, J Wang, Z Feng, P Kumar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has contributed to urban heat islands, which can potentially lead to
increased energy consumption and carbon emissions, further worsening global warming …

Effects of urban tree planting on thermal comfort and air quality in the street canyon in a subtropical climate

Z Li, H Zhang, YH Juan, YT Lee, CY Wen… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Planting trees is considered to relieve the thermal load. However, trees may" pollute" the air
quality. Tree net effects should receive more attention, but only a few studies have …

Effects of tree plantings and aspect ratios on pedestrian visual and thermal comfort using scaled outdoor experiments

T Chen, H Pan, M Lu, J Hang, CKC Lam, C Yuan… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban trees ameliorate heat stress for urban dwellers. However, it is difficult to quantitatively
assess the integrated impacts of tree planting and street layouts on visual and thermal …

[HTML][HTML] 50 grades of shade

A Middel, S AlKhaled, FA Schneider… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
50 Grades of Shade in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 102 Issue 9
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Impact of small-scale tree planting patterns on outdoor cooling and thermal comfort

B Abdi, A Hami, D Zarehaghi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
The issues of local climate change, urban heat islands and improving outdoor thermal
comfort in cities demand special attention in urban planning. This paper examines the effect …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review

J Fu, K Dupre, S Tavares, D King… - Frontiers of Architectural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban vegetation is a nature-based solution for cooling cities. Under global warming and
urban population growth, it is essential to optimize urban vegetation configuration in the …

Modeling microclimatic effects of trees and green roofs/façades in ENVI-met: Sensitivity tests and proposed model library

Z Liu, KY Cheng, T Sinsel, H Simon, CY Jim… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure furnishes one of the most effective ways to mitigate and adapt to
climate change and the consequent thermal environment deterioration. ENVI-met, a holistic …