Smart, sustainable, green cities: a state-of-the-art review

V Javidroozi, C Carter, M Grace, H Shah - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This state-of-the-art review paper aims to provide an overview of the current research on
three categories of liveable cities, Smart, Sustainable, and Green (SSG). It explores how the …

Passive ventilation for sustainable underground environments from traditional underground buildings and modern multiscale spaces

Y Wen, SK Lau, J Leng, K Zhou, SJ Cao - Tunnelling and Underground …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ventilation is the primary means to control the health risks from 'high heat, humidity and
pollution'in urban underground spaces. Natural ventilation helps reduce the energy and …

How can greenery space mitigate urban heat island? An analysis of cooling effect, carbon sequestration, and nurturing cost at the street scale

C **, L Han, J Wang, Z Feng, P Kumar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has contributed to urban heat islands, which can potentially lead to
increased energy consumption and carbon emissions, further worsening global warming …

Nature-based solution for urban traffic heat mitigation facing carbon neutrality: sustainable design of roadside green belts

C **, C Ren, R Zhang, J Wang, Z Feng, F Haghighat… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHI) and heat waves related to climate change can increase urban
carbon emissions and endanger human health. Transportation accounts for a large part of …

Integrating vertical greenery for complex building patterns towards sustainable urban environment

W Che, W Zhuang - Sustainable cities and society, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has increased the urban density and functional diversity, exacerbating
environmental challenges such as urban heat islands (UHI), increased building energy …

Spatial and temporal urban air pollution patterns based on limited data of monitoring stations

J Ding, C Ren, J Wang, Z Feng, SJ Cao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban air pollution is one of the serious environmental problems in the development of high-
density cities, especially for traffic-related pollution. Effective urban environmental …

Fast prediction of spatial temperature distributions in urban areas with WRF and temporal fusion transformers

HC Zhu, C Ren, J Wang, Z Feng, F Haghighat… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) poses a significant challenge to the sustainable
development of global cities. It is of great importance to efficiently characterize the …

Air-conditioning anthropogenic heat in high-density residential areas: Spatial patterns and impacts

X Zhou, J Wang, R Zhang, G Chen, SJ Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The overheated urban environment has drastically increased air-conditioning (AC) usage,
which induces extensive heat emissions from outdoor units. This phenomenon is more …

Impacts of trees-grass area ratio on thermal environment, energy saving, and carbon benefits

C **, D Wang, SJ Cao - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization potentially increases the diversity of building morphological
characteristics (eg, heights), causing urban ecological environment problems, such as urban …

Development of urban air environmental control policies and measures

C Ren, CW Yu, SJ Cao - Indoor and Built Environment, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The global urbanization has promoted rapid economic and social development,
accompanied by the population growth. 1 To meet the living needs of the high-density …