Integrating urban water fluxes and moving beyond impervious surface cover: A review

CJ Oswald, C Kelleher, SH Ledford, KG Hopkins… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Though urban areas represent a small fraction of global land cover, they have an outsized
impact on hydrological processes. Within these areas, the pathways that water follows are …

Integrating justice in Nature-Based Solutions to avoid nature-enabled dispossession

I Anguelovski, E Corbera - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Heavily featured over the last few years in global research and policy agreements, Nature-
Based Solutions (NBS) remain however exposed to much debate over the ways their current …

The roles of surrounding 2D/3D landscapes in park cooling effect: Analysis from extreme hot and normal weather perspectives

D Han, X Xu, Z Qiao, F Wang, H Cai, H An, K Jia… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban parks are regarded as a promising measure to alleviate urban heat island (UHI)
effects. Park cooling effects have been widely investigated, however, the impacts of …

Widespread global exacerbation of extreme drought induced by urbanization

S Huang, S Wang, Y Gan, C Wang, DE Horton, C Li… - Nature Cities, 2024 - nature.com
Urbanization exerts considerable impact on ecological, environmental and meteorological
processes and systems. However, the effects of urbanization on local drought remain under …

Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five US cities

Z Gao, BF Zaitchik, Y Hou, W Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks can cool the urban environment and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Quantifying the park cooling effect and its relationships with park characteristics is important …

Studies on urban park cooling effects and their driving factors in China: Considering 276 cities under different climate zones

Y Zhou, H Zhao, S Mao, G Zhang, Y **, Y Luo… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuous urbanization and future climate change will bring serious urban heat island
effects (UHIs) in cities, resulting in more intensive urban heat risks. It has attracted more …

Scale dependence of urban green space cooling efficiency: A case study in Bei**g metropolitan area

Z Xu, S Zhao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Green Space (UGS), providing environmental, social and economic benefits
simultaneously, has been regarded as a cost-effective Nature-based Solution (NbS) to …

Large humidity effects on urban heat exposure and cooling challenges under climate change

J Yang, L Zhao, K Oleson - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Many urban climates are characterized by increased temperature and decreased relative
humidity, under climate change and compared to surrounding rural landscapes. The two …

Carbon dioxide reduction from green roofs: A comprehensive review of processes, factors, and quantitative methods

T Tan, F Kong, H Yin, LM Cook, A Middel… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Green roofs can mitigate climate change through various mechanisms, including carbon
sequestration, thermal process regulation, and building energy savings. While those …

Global variation in contributions to human well-being from urban vegetation ecosystem services

DR Richards, RN Belcher, LR Carrasco, PJ Edwards… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Urbanization has caused multiple environmental grand challenges that impair urban
sustainability. Urban vegetation (UV), a mainstream nature-based solution (NBS), can …