The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …

The advent of fog computing as an extension of cloud-enabling technology has moved from
the hub of the internet framework to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled control and …

Abstract Changes in land use in an agro-pastoral region affect the delivery of ecosystem
services. The trajectory of future land use change and its impacts on human society are not …

Projecting future urban CO 2 emissions is of paramount importance in comprehending and
addressing climate change, as well as evaluating the impact of various policies on future …

Existing research on urban dynamic simulations has primarily focused on horizontal
aspects, whereas vertical changes have remained relatively unexplored. Although a few …

Most contemporary urban cellular automata (CA) models primarily focus on the simulation of
urban land expansion, and cannot effectively simulate vertical urban growth. This study …

Modeling urban form change is fundamental to mitigate the negative impacts of urban
development. Despite the extensive applications of cellular automata (CA) models in urban …

This study investigates the impact of urbanization on extreme winter rainfall in the South
China Greater Bay Area (GBA) through the analysis of hourly station observations and …

The Local Climate Zone (LCZ), as a foundational element of urban climate zone
classification proposed by Oke and Stewart, categorizes urban surface types based on 10 …

The impacts of near-future urban development and global warming forcing on hourly
extreme rainfall over the South China Greater Bay Area (GBA) area have been investigated …