A review on the significance and perspective of the numerical simulations of outdoor thermal environment

CKC Lam, H Lee, SR Yang, S Park - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Computer simulation programs have been used since 2006 for analyzing outdoor human
thermal environments. This study reviewed 130 peer-reviewed papers published during …

Review on pollutant dispersion in urban areas-part A: Effects of mechanical factors and urban morphology

Z Li, T Ming, S Liu, C Peng, R de Richter, W Li… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities are facing significant challenges due to low outdoor air quality. Hence, a growing
number of studies have been conducted to develop strategies for improving air quality. This …

Enhancing urban ventilation performance through the development of precinct ventilation zones: A case study based on the Greater Sydney, Australia

BJ He, L Ding, D Prasad - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Along with ongoing urban development, cities are experiencing significantly different
climates compared with surrounding rural or suburban areas. Among various causes, the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of morphological parameters on urban ventilation in compact cities: The case of the Tuscolano-Don Bosco district in Rome

O Palusci, P Monti, C Cecere, H Montazeri… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution and heat stress are major concerns associated with the liveability, resilience
and sustainability of cities. They directly affect health and comfort and are associated with …

Estimating building height in China from ALOS AW3D30

H Huang, P Chen, X Xu, C Liu, J Wang, C Liu… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building height plays an essential role in urban remote sensing and is of great significance
for understanding the functioning of urban systems. However, there is little information about …

Scaled outdoor experimental studies of urban thermal environment in street canyon models with various aspect ratios and thermal storage

G Chen, D Wang, Q Wang, Y Li, X Wang, J Hang… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Street aspect ratios and urban thermal storage largely determine the thermal environment in
cities. By performing scaled outdoor measurements in summer of 2017 in Guangzhou …

Mitigating intensity of urban heat island by better understanding on urban morphology and anthropogenic heat dispersion

C Yuan, AS Adelia, S Mei, W He, XX Li… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic heat is one of the key factors that causes intensive Urban Heat Island (UHI)
due to its direct impact on ambient temperature in urban areas. Stagnated airflow due to …

Integrated impacts of tree planting and aspect ratios on thermal environment in street canyons by scaled outdoor experiments

T Chen, H Yang, G Chen, CKC Lam, J Hang… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban tree planting has the potential to reduce urban heat island intensity and building
energy consumption. However, the heterogeneity of cities makes it difficult to quantitatively …

Integrated impacts of tree planting and street aspect ratios on CO dispersion and personal exposure in full-scale street canyons

H Yang, T Chen, Y Lin, R Buccolieri, M Mattsson… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Validated by experimental data, this paper performs computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
simulations to investigate the influence of tree plantings on urban airflow and vehicular CO …

The influence of aspect ratios and solar heating on flow and ventilation in 2D street canyons by scaled outdoor experiments

G Chen, X Yang, H Yang, J Hang, Y Lin, X Wang… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wind-driven dynamic force and buoyancy force are two main driving forces in urban
ventilation. As a novelty, this paper performs scaled outdoor measurements to examine the …