Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China

BJ He, J Wang, J Zhu, J Qi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …

Satellite remote sensing of surface urban heat islands: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

D Zhou, J **ao, S Bonafoni, C Berger, K Deilami… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The surface urban heat island (SUHI), which represents the difference of land surface
temperature (LST) in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces, is usually …

Understanding land surface temperature impact factors based on local climate zones

J Yang, J Ren, D Sun, X **ao, JC **a, C **… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The local climate zone (LCZ) and land surface temperature (LST) have gained considerable
attention as urbanization continues to increase. However, the study of LSTs lacks a regional …

Exploring thermal comfort of urban buildings based on local climate zones

J Ren, J Yang, Y Zhang, X **ao, JC **a, X Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite increasing attention to rising land surface temperatures (LSTs) and other climate
changes caused by urbanization, few studies have considered the characteristics of LST or …

Study of the urban heat island (UHI) using remote sensing data/techniques: A systematic review

CR Almeida, AC Teodoro, A Gonçalves - Environments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban Heat Islands (UHI) consist of the occurrence of higher temperatures in urbanized
areas when compared to rural areas. During the warmer seasons, this effect can lead to …

Comparison between convolutional neural networks and random forest for local climate zone classification in mega urban areas using Landsat images

C Yoo, D Han, J Im, B Bechtel - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme is a classification system providing a
standardization framework to present the characteristics of urban forms and functions …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of factors affecting public willingness to pay for heat mitigation and adaptation: Evidence from Guangzhou, China

X Liu, J He, K **ong, S Liu, BJ He - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat is a critical problem due to global warming and heat island effects. Urban heat
will be further aggravated in the coming decades. It is essential to develop heat action plans …

Cause-related injustice, process-related injustice, effect-related injustice and regional heat action planning priorities: An empirical study in Yangtze River Delta and …

BJ He - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat has affected numerous cities with increasingly severe environmental, social,
economic, and health impacts. It is urgent to develop plans and take actions to beat the heat …

Socioeconomic drivers of urban heat island effect: Empirical evidence from major Chinese cities

Y Li, Y Sun, J Li, C Gao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Does socioeconomic development result in exacerbation of urban thermal environment?
The answer to this question is extremely critical for mitigating and adapting urban heat …

Spatial-temporal change of land surface temperature across 285 cities in China: An urban-rural contrast perspective

J Peng, J Ma, Q Liu, Y Liu, Y Li, Y Yue - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
As an important theme in global climate change and urban sustainable development, the
changes of land surface temperature (LST) and surface urban heat island (SUHI) have been …