New developments and future challenges in reducing and controlling heat island effect in urban areas

A Karimi, P Mohammad, A García-Martínez… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
The collection of research conducted over the past decade on urban heat islands and its
mitigation strategies reflects the new approaches of scientists, researchers, and government …

UMC-based models: an integrating UMC performance analysis and numerical methods

AM Hassan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization and climate change represent major public health challenges, impacting
several approaches, including urban microclimate (UMC) performance. UMC studies adopt …

Linking landscape spatial heterogeneity to urban heat island and outdoor human thermal comfort in Tokyo: Application of the outdoor thermal comfort index

YJ Kim, S Yu, D Li, SN Gatson, RD Brown - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization and high-density development are major drivers of global warming. The
associations of spatial landscape patterns with urban thermal environments have been …

The impact of street geometry on outdoor thermal comfort within three different urban forms in severe cold region of China

C Sun, W Lian, L Liu, Q Dong, Y Han - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the influence of urban morphology on pedestrian outdoor thermal
comfort in Harbin, located in the severe cold region of northeast China. Three typical districts …

A review on the impacts of urban heat islands on outdoor thermal comfort

J Ren, K Shi, Z Li, X Kong, H Zhou - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The worsening urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a great challenge to the thermal comfort
of people outdoors. However, there has not been a summary of the mechanisms by which …

Simulation and optimization of thermal comfort in residential areas based on outdoor morphological parameters

Y Su, Z Li, Q Meng, Q Zhao, X Wu, Q Liu, Z Wu… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-density urban development is affecting the outdoor microclimate of residential areas in
an uncomfortable direction. Previous research has primarily focused on modifying local …

Thermal comfort performance prediction method using sports center layout images in several cold cities based on CNN

A Xu, Y Dong, Y Sun, H Duan, R Zhang - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Sports centers are core spaces for urban sports and fitness, and reasonable layout of large
public buildings can alleviate urban climate issues. But the adverse effects of planning and …

Nature-based solutions for carbon neutral climate resilient buildings and communities: A review of technical evidence, design guidelines, and policies

Z Xiao, H Ge, MA Lacasse, L Wang, R Zmeureanu - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The building sector is responsible for nearly 40% of the total global direct and indirect CO2
emissions. Urban green infrastructure, which includes features such as urban trees …

Optimization strategy of architectural forms to improve the thermal comfort of residential area

L Feng, S Yang, Y Zhou, J Sun - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
How to quantitatively study the internal relationship between the architectural forms in
residential areas and thermal comfort is a burning issue to be solved. In this study, we put …

The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies

S Zhou, T Shi, S Li, Y Dong, J Sun - Building Simulation, 2023 - Springer
Urban morphology significantly affects the ecological effects of urban heat islands,
ventilation, and atmospheric pollution. Here, we reveal the mechanisms linking the …