[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of urban heat island and heat waves research (1991–2022)

S Cheval, V Amihăesei, Z Chitu, A Dumitrescu… - Climate Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Heat Waves (HWs) are very important research topics
as they have a strong impact on society and their synergies are not enough understood …

Built or Social environment? Effects of perceptions of neighborhood green spaces on resilience of residents to heat waves

S Sha, Q Cheng - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Large cities in North China are at an increasing risk of heat waves. Several
previous studies have emphasized the significance of heat wave resilience but they …

Revealing the injustice and factors that affect the resilience responses of residents in the full period of heat waves

Q Cheng, S Sha - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the influence of global warming and the urban heat island effect, heat wave
resilience is particularly important for residents. In this study, we constructed a full-period …

Urban resilience framework: A network-based model to assess the physical system reaction and disaster prevention

W Wu, Z Wang, K Wu, Y Chen, S Wang, X Niu - … Impact Assessment Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Comprehensive resilience management schemes are vital to urban risk governance and
sustainable development. In this study, we decompose the urban physical system into the …

Cities at the forefront of emerging US heat governance

S Meerow, L Keith - One Earth, 2024 - Elsevier
Cities worldwide face growing heat risks but still mostly lack comprehensive and
coordinated efforts to address heat hazards. Emerging urban heat governance systems …

Urban thermal map design considerations: Color, shading, and resolution

G Barua, T Pingel, T Lim - Cartography and Geographic …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While satellite-based remote sensing techniques are often used for studying and visualizing
the heat distribution in cities, they are limited in terms of spatial resolution, view bias, and …

Unveiling nonlinear effects of built environment attributes on urban heat resilience using interpretable machine learning

Q Liu, J Wang, B Bai - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Built environment attributes (BEAs) play a significant role in influencing urban heat
resilience (UHR). Previous research has examined the correlations and nonlinear …

Capability of LCZ scheme to differentiate urban thermal environments in five megacities of China: Implications for integrating LCZ system into heat–resilient planning …

BJ He, X Fu, Z Zhao, P Chen… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The local climate zone (LCZ) classification scheme provides a standardized method to
characterize urban morphological characteristics and urban thermal environments …

Heat stress resilience assessment of urban form from physical space dimension: A case study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

J Liu, J Wang, T Chen, L Wang - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Improving urban resilience is crucial to counteract rising high-temperature disasters. This
study constructed a framework for a process-based heat stress resilience (HSR_phy) …

Heat planning in small and medium-sized cities: A collaborative application of PIRS™ for heat in Kent, WA, USA

S Trego, S Meerow, L Keith - Socio-Ecological Practice Research, 2023 - Springer
Extreme heat is among the deadliest climate-related hazards with social and ecological
impacts. Heat risks are increasing due to climate change and characteristics of the built …