Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

Increasing concern over urban heat mitigation creates an emerging necessity to track the
evolution of urban heat island intensity (UHII) to assess the effectiveness of existing plans in …

Extreme heat exposure at the regional scale is warranted for special attention due to the
changing global climate yet notable regional disparities in the effect of warming. NASA's …

Remote sensing of urban environments has unveiled a significant shift from single-city
investigations to the inclusion of multiple cities. Originated from the ideas of the Remote …

Urban thermal anisotropy (UTA) drastically impacts satellite-derived urban surface
temperatures and fluxes, and consequently makes it difficult to gain a more comprehensive …

COVID-19 has notably impacted the world economy and human activities. However, the
strict urban lockdown policies implemented in various countries appear to have positively …

The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened city economies and residents' public health and
quality of life. Similar to most cities, Melbourne imposed extreme preventive lockdown …

The estimation of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) is crucial for studying the urban
thermal environment, which is influenced not only by the commonly known definition of rural …

Given the increasing severity of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, urban
residents face heightened heat stress. Consequently, mitigating the effects of SUHI becomes …

Different local climate zones (LCZs) and wind speeds (WSs) increase the uncertainties
related to canopy urban heat island (CUHI), heat waves (HWs), and their interactions …