Mitigating urban heat island through neighboring rural land cover

M Yang, C Ren, H Wang, J Wang, Z Feng, P Kumar… - Nature Cities, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Globally, the deteriorating Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect poses a significant threat
to human health and undermines ecosystem stability. UHI mitigation strategies have been …

[HTML][HTML] Progress on green infrastructure for urban cooling: Evaluating techniques, design strategies, and benefits

A Azmeer, F Tahir, SG Al-Ghamdi - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure (GI) can act as an effective cooling strategy to mitigate the urban heat
island effect. The complex interdependencies in the built environment make it challenging to …

A global urban heat island intensity dataset: Generation, comparison, and analysis

Q Yang, Y Xu, TC Chakraborty, M Du, T Hu… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect, a phenomenon of local warming over urban areas, is the
most well-known impact of urbanization on climate. Globally consistent estimates of the UHI …

Assessment of photovoltaic power generation and radiative cooling potentials in old residential districts: A case study of Shenzhen

H Tang, X Chai, W Jing, Y Li, C Li - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) and radiative cooling (RC) are promising technologies
for attaining the zero-carbon target in building industry. The PV and RC materials can be …

Urbanization exacerbated the rapid growth of summer cooling demands in China from 1980 to 2023

S Jiang, Z Wei - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Annual land cover data and daily air temperature data in China from 1980 to 2023 were
obtained to attribute the urbanization effect on cooling degree days (CDDs). Significant …

Synergizing low-carbon transportation and heat adaptation: Identifying suitable routes and integrating mitigation and adaptation infrastructure

BJ He, X Chen - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to empirically investigate heat stress of urban greenways, identify suitable
routes for pedestrians, understand the riskiest sections and most critical periods, and …

Tradeoff optimization of urban roof systems oriented to food-water-energy nexus

Q Yuan, F Meng, W Li, J Lin, JAP de Oliveira, Z Yang - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Urban roof development serve as a form of urban tinkering that could provide favorable
conditions to meet wicked food, water, and energy challenges. In this research, three urban …

A Downscaling Framework with WRF-UCM and LES/RANS Models for Urban Microclimate Simulation Strategy: Validation Through Both Measurement and …

J Liu, H Gao, R Jia, R Wang, D Han, L Liu, X Xu… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microscale numerical simulation models are widely applied to explore potential factors and
adaptive strategies for localized high temperatures in urban surface or near-surface …

[HTML][HTML] Ensuring accurate microclimate research: How to select representative meteorological data of local climate in microclimate studies

K Gao, J Feng, L Yao, K Lau, E Ng - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Microclimate research has seen significant growth in recent years, particularly in areas such
as outdoor thermal comfort, urban ecology, and urban heat mitigation. However, the short …

Diurnal contrast of urban park cooling effects in a “Furnace city” using multi-source geospatial data and optimal parameters-based geographical detector model

X Yao, B Ye, Y Lan, Z Lin, Z Zhu, F Yang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban parks serve as key nature-based solutions to alleviate the urban heat island
phenomenon. Studies have examined park cooling effects (PCEs) from various …