Prioritizing environmental determinants of urban heat islands: A machine learning study for major cities in China

H Hou, Q Longyang, H Su, R Zeng, T Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exacerbated thermal environment in cities, with the urban heat island (UHI) effect as a
prominent example, has been the source of many adverse urban environmental issues …

Assessing the effects of urban heat islands and air pollution on human quality of life

R Cichowicz, AD Bochenek - Anthropocene, 2024 - Elsevier
The world population is projected to peak before 2050, with a significant majority residing in
highly urbanized areas. As a result, urban areas are expected to undergo further …

Assessing urban population exposure risk to extreme heat: Patterns, trends, and implications for climate resilience in China (2000–2020)

C Wang, Z Ren, Y Guo, P Zhang, S Hong, Z Ma… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban residents face serious thermal health risks from extreme heat owing to the cumulative
effects of urbanization and climate warming. However, the patterns of urban populations …

Machine learning techniques to map the impact of urban heat island: investigating the city of Jeddah

A Addas - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the last decades, most agricultural land has been converted into residential colonies to
accommodate the rapid population expansion. Population growth and urbanization result in …

[HTML][HTML] Hazard susceptibility map** with machine and deep learning: a literature review

AJ Pugliese Viloria, A Folini, D Carrion, MA Brovelli - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the increase in climate-change-related hazardous events alongside population
concentration in urban centres, it is important to provide resilient cities with tools for …

[HTML][HTML] The Dynamics and Trends of International Research on Urban Carbon Risk

Q Yao, N An, H Ci - Sustainability, 2025 - mdpi.com
Research on Urban Carbon Risk (RUCR) is crucial for understanding the impact
mechanisms of carbon emissions on urban environments and health, particularly in rapidly …

Using classification algorithms to model nighttime Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI), with an emphasis on the role of urban trees

D Jato-Espino, S Lierow… - Building and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect represents the increased temperature in urban
areas compared to their surroundings. This is often addressed using Land Surface …

The Impact of Land-Use Mix on Technological Innovation: Evidence from a Grid-Cell-Level Analysis of Shanghai, China

H Jiang, W ** the land surface temperature of urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Economic …
X Liu, L Zheng, Y Wang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2025 - Elsevier
In the context of accelerating global warming, which profoundly affects ecosystems and
human societies, it is crucial to understand the complex mechanisms through which climate …