Satellite remote sensing of surface urban heat islands: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

D Zhou, J Xiao, S Bonafoni, C Berger, K Deilami… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The surface urban heat island (SUHI), which represents the difference of land surface
temperature (LST) in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces, is usually …

Study of the urban heat island (UHI) using remote sensing data/techniques: A systematic review

CR Almeida, AC Teodoro, A Gonçalves - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban Heat Islands (UHI) consist of the occurrence of higher temperatures in urbanized
areas when compared to rural areas. During the warmer seasons, this effect can lead to …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change increases global risk to urban forests

M Esperon-Rodriguez, MG Tjoelker, J Lenoir… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits
they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities …

Analysing the day/night seasonal and annual changes and trends in land surface temperature and surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) for Indian cities

A Siddiqui, G Kushwaha, B Nikam, SK Srivastav… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the patterns and possible causes of urban heat islands (UHI) effect due to
urbanisation-induced anthropogenic activities is an important area in urban climatic …

Evaluating the cooling effects of green infrastructure: A systematic review of methods, indicators and data sources

CB Koc, P Osmond, A Peters - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence of temperature moderation through green infrastructure has been largely
documented and quantified by literature; however, the critique of available methods and …

Urban heat island and its interaction with heatwaves: A review of studies on mesoscale

J Kong, Y Zhao, J Carmeliet, C Lei - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
With rapid urbanization, population growth and anthropogenic activities, an increasing
number of major cities across the globe are facing severe urban heat islands (UHI). UHI can …

Designing public squares with green infrastructure to optimize human thermal comfort

T Zölch, MA Rahman, E Pfleiderer, G Wagner… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
People living in cities are experiencing summerly heat stress situations with severe
consequences for their health, especially under climate change. Urban planning needs to …

Globally quantitative analysis of the impact of atmosphere and spectral response function on 2-band enhanced vegetation index (EVI2) over Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8

Z Zhen, S Chen, T Yin… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 2-band enhanced vegetation index (EVI2) was developed as an alternative to the
enhanced vegetation index (EVI) for sensors that lack a blue band or for observing bright …

[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 …

How spatial patterns affect urban green space equity at different equity levels: A Bayesian quantile regression approach

J Guan, R Wang, D Van Berkel, Z Liang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
In many cities, urban green space (UGS) is not evenly distributed, and marginalized
communities often lack UGS due to legacies of disinvestment. Existing research mainly …