Urbanization impact on regional climate and extreme weather: Current understanding, uncertainties, and future research directions

Y Qian, TC Chakraborty, J Li, D Li, C He… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Urban environments lie at the confluence of social, cultural, and economic activities and
have unique biophysical characteristics due to continued infrastructure development that …

Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature

A Guo, J Yang, W Sun, X Xiao, JX Cecilia, C Jin… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban microclimates have undergone extreme changes against the current backdrop of
global warming and rapid urbanization. Although several studies on the spatiotemporal …

Correlation between cooling effect of green space and surrounding urban spatial form: Evidence from 36 urban green spaces

Q Zhang, D Zhou, D Xu, A Rogora - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The deterioration of the urban thermal environment has attracted increasing attention from
scholars all over the world. A large number of studies show that green space in cities can …

Spatiotemporal changes in global aridity in terms of multiple aridity indices: An assessment based on the CRU data

S Ullah, Q You, DA Sachindra, M Nowosad… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aridity is a complex environmental hazard, posing potential risks to more than 38% of the
world's population in terms of poverty, reduction in crop and livestock production, water …

Contribution of urbanization to the changes in extreme climate events in urban agglomerations across China

L Lin, T Gao, M Luo, E Ge, Y Yang, Z Liu, Y Zhao… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unprecedented urbanization in China facilitates the rapid development of urban
agglomerations (UAs) and may exert prominent effects on regional climate and environment …

Identifying linkages between climate change, urbanisation, and population ageing for understanding vulnerability and risk to older people: A review

H Antal, S Bhutani - Ageing International, 2023 - Springer
The present century faces developmental fallout as vulnerability and risk mount on the
global systems due to climate change, urbanisation, and population ageing. Moreover …

Analysis of heat stress and heat wave in the four metropolitan cities of India in recent period

P Kumar, A Rai, A Upadhyaya, A Chakraborty - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities are becoming hotter day-by-day because heat is trapped near the earth's surface due
to a decrease in green cover, rapid urbanization, energy-intensity activities, and concrete …

Urban expansion and drying climate in an urban agglomeration of East China

M Luo, NC Lau - Geophysical Research Letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Urban land expansion is one of the most conspicuous aspects of urbanization and has
profound impacts on regional climate change. Most studies, however, focus on its impacts …

Amplified intensity and duration of heatwaves by concurrent droughts in China

Z Shi, G Jia, Y Zhou, X Xu, Y Jiang - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Compound hot-dry climate extremes could lead to severer natural disasters and socio-
economic impacts compared to individual events. An improved understanding of historical …

Urbanization magnified nighttime heat waves in China

Z Shi, X Xu, G Jia - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nighttime heat waves have greater impacts on human society than daytime because
nighttime heat waves deprive humans to recover from daytime heat and increase energy …