Mapping local climate zones for cities: A large review

F Huang, S Jiang, W Zhan, B Bechtel, Z Liu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …

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 …

Mapping local climate zones and its applications at the global scale: A systematic review of the last decade of progress and trend

R Wang, M Wang, C Ren, G Chen, G Mills, J Ching - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
The concept of local climate zone (LCZ) was proposed in 2012 to meet the needs of
refinement and standardization of urban climate research. As an important contribution of …

Influences and pathways of urban form and lifestyle on carbon emission reduction

YS Shen, YC Lin, W Cheah, J Lin, L Xu, Y Li - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban areas experience high carbon emissions, impeding sustainable development, and
causing global environmental changes. Low-carbon planning and lifestyle have the co …

Firefly algorithm-based cellular automata for reproducing urban growth and predicting future scenarios

Q Li, Y Feng, X Tong, Y Zhou, P Wu, H Xie, Y Jin… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Optimization of cellular automata (CA) using swarm intelligence is an effective approach to
establish optimal models for urban growth modeling. This study builds a new CA model (CA …

Modeling vibrant areas at nighttime: A machine learning-based analytical framework for urban regeneration

MJ Shi, Q Cao, A van Rompaey, M Pu, B Ran - Sustainable cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing vibrant areas at nighttime (VAN) is important for promoting urban regeneration.
However, the process simulation of the potential impact of urban renewal initiatives on VANs …

The case of Tehran's urban heat island, Iran: Impacts of urban 'lockdown'associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

G Roshan, R Sarli, SW Grab - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing expansion of urban environments with associated transformation of land-
cover has led to the formation of urban heat islands (UHI) in many urbanized regions …

Land surface temperature and vegetation cover changes and their relationships in Taiwan from 2000 to 2020

S Abdulmana, A Lim, S Wongsai, N Wongsai - … Applications: Society and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reported decadal trends and acceleration patterns of surface temperatures and
vegetation conditions in Taiwan from 2000 to 2020. Time series data on Land Surface …

Value capitalization effects of green buildings: A new insight through time trends and differences in various price levels

IC Tsai - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
While many studies have explored green buildings, there remain many unsolved questions
about how to expand this section of the housing market, such as how the capitalization effect …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the variation trend of urban expansion, land surface temperature, and ecological quality and their interrelationships in Guangzhou, China, from …

J Xu, Y Zhao, C Sun, H Liang, J Yang, K Zhong, Y Li… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study explored the model of urban impervious surface (IS) density, land surface
temperature (LST), and comprehensive ecological evaluation index (CEEI) from urban …