Modeling place-based nature-based solutions to promote urban carbon neutrality

C Cong, H Pan, J Page, S Barthel, Z Kalantari - Ambio, 2023‏ - Springer
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are recognized as widely available and cost-effective
mechanisms for sequestering carbon and offsetting carbon emissions. Realistic NbS …

Review of urban surface parameterizations for numerical climate models

GF Garuma - Urban Climate, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Built environment changes the radiative, thermal and hydrological properties of the land
surface creating higher temperature over urban regions known as the Urban Heat Island …

Compound climate and infrastructure events: how electrical grid failure alters heat wave risk

B Stone Jr, E Mallen, M Rajput… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The potential for critical infrastructure failures during extreme weather events is rising. Major
electrical grid failure or “blackout” events in the United States, those with a duration of at …

Diurnal interaction between urban expansion, climate change and adaptation in US cities

ES Krayenhoff, M Moustaoui, AM Broadbent… - Nature Climate …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Climate change and urban development are projected to substantially warm US cities, yet
dynamic interaction between these two drivers of urban heat may modify the warming. Here …

Climate change impacts on harmful algal blooms in US freshwaters: a screening-level assessment

SC Chapra, B Boehlert, C Fant… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) have serious adverse effects on human
and environmental health. Herein, we developed a modeling framework that predicts the …

Projected land-use change impacts on ecosystem services in the United States

JJ Lawler, DJ Lewis, E Nelson, AJ Plantinga… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Providing food, timber, energy, housing, and other goods and services, while maintaining
ecosystem functions and biodiversity that underpin their sustainable supply, is one of the …

The rapid and massive urban and industrial land expansions in China between 1990 and 2010: A CLUD-based analysis of their trajectories, patterns, and drivers

W Kuang, J Liu, J Dong, W Chi, C Zhang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The past two decades saw rapid and massive urbanization and industrialization in China.
Despite much research has been reportedly done at local and regional scales, little has …

Micrometeorological determinants of pedestrian thermal exposure during record-breaking heat in Tempe, Arizona: Introducing the MaRTy observational platform

A Middel, ES Krayenhoff - Science of the total environment, 2019‏ - Elsevier
We report the first set of urban micrometeorological measurements for assessment of
pedestrian thermal exposure during extreme heat in a dry climate. Hourly measurements of …

Urban adaptation can roll back warming of emerging megapolitan regions

M Georgescu, PE Morefield, BG Bierwagen… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - pnas.org
Modeling results incorporating several distinct urban expansion futures for the United States
in 2100 show that, in the absence of any adaptive urban design, megapolitan expansion …

[كتاب][B] Sustainable urbanism in China

A Cheshmehzangi, A Dawodu, A Sharifi - 2021‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Sustainable Urbanism in China explores the notion of" Sustainable Urbanism" by
considering the role sustainable neighborhood planning plays in the larger picture of …