Urban open space provides various benefits to citizens, but the thermal environment of this
space is impacted by global warming and urban heat islands. A growing number of studies …

The number of hot days is increasing in many parts of the world because of the heat island
phenomenon and global climate change. High air temperature greatly affects human …

Urban morphology significantly affects the urban thermal environment. Seasonal impacts of
two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) urban morphology on land surface …

The Urban heat island (UHI) effect is an increasingly serious problem in urban areas.
Information on the driving forces of intra-urban temperature variation is crucial for …

Multiple factors regulate urban land surface temperature (LST), including land cover,
climate, and urban form, among which urban form is now receiving more and more attention …

We selected typical residential outdoor spaces and five common sounds (birdsong, dance
music, traditional opera, conversation and traffic sound) with three A-weighted equivalent …

Outdoor human comfort is an essential parameter to assess the quality of the urban
microclimate, and to provide guidelines for sustainable urban development. This paper …

The diverse urban features considerably influence land surface temperature (LST).
Numerous studies have extensively investigated the impacts of 2D/3D urban features on …

Urban street trees provide many environmental, social, and economic benefits for our cities.
This research explored the role of street trees in Melbourne, Australia, in cooling the urban …

Regarding the significant impact of thermal comfort on users' attendance in urban parks,
there is an intense interest in studies on the outdoor thermal comfort in parks especially in …