Many cities of the world suffer from air pollution because of poor planning and design and
heavy traffic in rapidly expanding urban environments. These conditions are exacerbated …

The global boom in urbanization and infrastructure, especially in developing countries, has
resulted in the urban heat island (UHI). This recent review analyzes the current development …

There is a growing demand for urban form optimization to mitigate urban heat island (UHI)
effect. Nevertheless, how UHI responds to various urban morphological patterns is still …

Climatic conditions are different in cities than in their geographical environment. Precise
representation of the climatic parameters within an urban context is crucial for obtaining …

Summer increasingly gets hotter, which has become a common problem that threats human
settlement environment and hinders urban sustainable development. The impacts of urban …

Urban parks can cool the urban environment and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Quantifying the park cooling effect and its relationships with park characteristics is important …

An urban heat island (UHI) is a serious phenomenon associated with built environments and
presents threats to human health. It is projected that UHI intensity will rise to record levels in …

Association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory health is
well documented. At the same time, it is widely known that extreme weather events …

Past decades have seen drastically increasing research effort and progress on the study of
the phenomenon of urban heat island (UHI). Despite its simplicity, this convenient concept …

Globally building sector consumes a significant amount of fossil fuel-generated grid energy
which emits a considerable level of carbon emissions. These scenarios can be an obstacle …