Increased urban air temperatures due to urbanization affect the buildings' energy
performance and the outdoor thermal comfort. Aiming on the establishment of adaption …

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 …

Residential district is the important space for people living and outdoor activities. Vegetation
is proved to be effectively regulate microclimate. Living in Wuhan, residents have to suffer …

Abstract According to United Nations, cities situated in the tropical belt occupy only 36% of
the Earth's surface yet account for 1/3 of the entire global population. The increasing number …

Urbanization and climate change represent major public health challenges, impacting
several approaches, including urban microclimate (UMC) performance. UMC studies adopt …

The growth of the population in cities and the increase in the use of construction materials
caused the cities' internal temperature to increase, producing the effect known as urban heat …

The increased rates of urbanization and industrialization of the 20th and 21st centuries have
dramatically changed the land use and cover of modern cities, contributing to the …

The detailed analysis of the urban microclimate calls for the use of Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) tools able to model complex heat and mass transfer mechanisms. ENVI …

Future urban planning requires context-specific integration of spatial design and
microclimate especially for tropical cities with extreme weather conditions. Thus, we propose …

Based on the meteorological data (2009–2018) acquired by high-density automatic
meteorological stations (AMSs) in Beijing, the influences of urbanization on urban heat …