GeoAI for large-scale image analysis and machine vision: recent progress of artificial intelligence in geography

W Li, CY Hsu - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 - mdpi.com
GeoAI, or geospatial artificial intelligence, has become a trending topic and the frontier for
spatial analytics in Geography. Although much progress has been made in exploring the …

Integrated assessment of urban overheating impacts on human life

N Nazarian, ES Krayenhoff, B Bechtel… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major
contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability …

Map** sky, tree, and building view factors of street canyons in a high-density urban environment

FY Gong, ZC Zeng, F Zhang, X Li, E Ng… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
View factors for sky, trees, and buildings are three important parameters of the urban
outdoor environment that describe the geometrical relationship between different surfaces …

Generating WUDAPT Level 0 data–Current status of production and evaluation

B Bechtel, PJ Alexander, C Beck, J Böhner, O Brousse… - Urban climate, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) project has grown
out of the need for better information on the form and function of cities globally. Cities are …

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 …

Map** Europe into local climate zones

M Demuzere, B Bechtel, A Middel, G Mills - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Cities are major drivers of environmental change at all scales and are especially at risk from
the ensuing effects, which include poor air quality, flooding and heat waves. Typically, these …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of built environment on outdoor thermal comfort: A comparative study of new and old urban blocks in Guangzhou

X Deng, W Nie, X Li, J Wu, Z Yin, J Han, H Pan… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban populations face increasing heat stress in cities. However, the influence of the built
environment of new and old urban blocks on pedestrian thermal comfort remains unclear …

Urban form and composition of street canyons: A human-centric big data and deep learning approach

A Middel, J Lukasczyk, S Zakrzewski, M Arnold… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Various research applications require detailed metrics to describe the form and composition
of cities at fine scales, but the parameter computation remains a challenge due to limited …

On the understanding of the mean radiant temperature within both the indoor and outdoor environment, a critical review

H Guo, D Aviv, M Loyola, E Teitelbaum… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mean radiant temperature is central to our understanding of the radiant heat exchange
between the human body and surrounding environment. This paper will present a review of …

Combining expert and crowd-sourced training data to map urban form and functions for the continental US

M Demuzere, S Hankey, G Mills, W Zhang, T Lu… - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
Although continental urban areas are relatively small, they are major drivers of
environmental change at local, regional and global scales. Moreover, they are especially …