Exploring the relationship between thermal environmental factors and land surface temperature of a “furnace city” based on local climate zones

Z Lin, H Xu, X Yao, C Yang, L Yang - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have explored multiple factors that affect the urban thermal environment.
Most current studies focus on establishing the holistic quantitative relationships between the …

Cities are going uphill: Slope gradient analysis of urban expansion and its driving factors in China

L Zhou, X Dang, H Mu, B Wang, S Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanisation causes large urban conversions of natural and agricultural land to non-
agricultural use. Research on urban expansion has typically disregarded gradient …

Estimating building height in China from ALOS AW3D30

H Huang, P Chen, X Xu, C Liu, J Wang, C Liu… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building height plays an essential role in urban remote sensing and is of great significance
for understanding the functioning of urban systems. However, there is little information about …

Separate and combined effects of 3D building features and urban green space on land surface temperature

B Yuan, L Zhou, X Dang, D Sun, F Hu, H Mu - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deduction of urban green space (UGS) and the multidimensional growth of building have
exacerbated the urban heat island (UHI). Yet thorough investigations into how 3D building …

Mapping horizontal and vertical urban densification in Denmark with Landsat time-series from 1985 to 2018: A semantic segmentation solution

THK Chen, C Qiu, M Schmitt, XX Zhu, CE Sabel… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Landsat imagery is an unparalleled freely available data source that allows reconstructing
land-cover and land-use change, including urban form. This paper addresses the challenge …

Characterizing annual dynamics of urban form at the horizontal and vertical dimensions using long-term Landsat time series data

Y Wang, X Li, P Yin, G Yu, W Cao, J Liu, L Pei… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamics of built-up height are a crucial aspect of urban form, enabling the
characterization of urban growth patterns and the attainment of sustainable development …

Effects of urban development patterns on municipal water shortage

H Heidari, M Arabi, T Warziniack, S Sharvelle - Frontiers in Water, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While urban areas are being threatened by water shortage due to climate change and rapid
population growth, effects of urban development patterns on future municipal water shortage …

How does urban thermal environmental factors impact diurnal cycle of land surface temperature? A multi-dimensional and multi-granularity perspective

Z Lin, H Xu, X Yao, C Yang, D Ye - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerous researches have been conducted on the impacts of urban thermal environmental
factors on land surface temperature (LST) variations. However, few have comprehensive …

Using nighttime light data to identify the structure of polycentric cities and evaluate urban centers

Z Yang, Y Chen, G Guo, Z Zheng, Z Wu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Studying the structure of polycentric cities promotes a better understanding of the process of
urban development and contributes to urban planning and management. However, existing …

Local development, metropolitan sustainability and the urbanization-suburbanization nexus in the Mediterranean region: A quantitative exercise

R Salvia, AMA Alhuseen, F Escrivà, L Salvati… - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the influence of economic growth and socio-demographic
change on long-term urbanization and suburbanization processes in a divided region of …