The global trend towards urbanisation explains the growing interest in the study of the
modification of the urban climate due to the heat island effect and global warming, and its …

Personal exposure studies are crucial alongside microenvironment and ambient studies in
order to get a better understanding of the health risks posed by fine particulate matter and …

Urban wind energy consists of the utilization of wind energy technology in applications to the
urban and suburban built environment. The paper provides some views on the progress …

In the last two decades substantial advances have been made in the understanding of the
scientific basis of urban climates. These are reviewed here with attention to sustainability of …

As an effect of climate change, cities need detailed information on urban climates at decision
scale that cannot be easily delivered using current observation networks, nor global and …

Given the large and ever-increasing number of urban inhabitants globally, and the profound
effects of cities and their inhabitants on the atmosphere, both within and beyond urban limits …

Large-eddy simulations (LES) with our recently developed inflow approach (Xie, Z.-T.,
Castro, IP, 2008a. Efficient generation of inflow conditions for large-eddy simulation of street …

Short-term human exposure to PM2. 5, ultrafine particle counts (particle range: 0.02–1μm)
and carbon monoxide (CO) was investigated at and around a street canyon intersection in …

Pedestrian exposure to PM2. 5, the loss of reflectance ('blackness') of the PM2. 5 filters,
ultrafine particle counts (particle range: 0.02–1μm) and carbon monoxide (CO) was …

This study investigated the distribution and diversity of epiphytes in London in relation to
NOx using fine-scale atmospheric dispersion modelling. The survey recorded over 3000 …