Increasing urban populations due to factors such as more comfortable life and immigration
have turned self-sufficient traditional cities into mega-cities and caused several new …

Greenspace in urban areas may have greater protective health effects than elsewhere.
Urban dwellers experience more environmental harmful exposures, attentional demands …

Taking environmental protection into consideration, China introduced the new
Environmental Protection Tax Law in 2018, which levies taxes for pollutants with higher …

The assumption that vegetation improves air quality is prevalent in scientific, popular, and
political discourse. However, experimental and modeling studies show the effect of green …

Rapid urbanization has contributed to urban heat islands, which can potentially lead to
increased energy consumption and carbon emissions, further worsening global warming …

Investigating the evaporation characteristics of a fuel droplet is critical for understanding
spray and combustion processes, which provides valuable information and guidance for …

Automobile flow sensors are critical in ensuring the engine air-fuel ratio, improving fuel
efficiency, and reducing pollution. This paper presents a self-powered shaftless turbine …

Urbanization itself is a major and furthermost imperative contributor to the release of
microplastics into the environments. As cities grow and develop, more plastic products are …

Many studies have simplified the thermal buoyancy in urban areas as a uniform surface
heating effect. However, a realistic scenario under solar shading conditions corresponds to …

Water emulsified diesel is an ideal new alternative fuel for diesel engines, which has great
potentials in reducing NO x and PM emissions simultaneously. A thorough understanding of …