Recent advances in black box and white-box models for urban heat island prediction: Implications of fusing the two methods

I Adilkhanova, J Ngarambe, GY Yun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a serious concern for urban planners and
policymakers, requiring effective and efficient mitigation policies. To develop such policies …

Machine learning in modelling the urban thermal field variance index and assessing the impacts of urban land expansion on seasonal thermal environment

M Zhang, S Tan, C Zhang, E Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Land use practices in urban areas exert a profound influence on the urban thermal
environment and the pursuit of sustainable development. This paper aims to investigate and …

Predicting the impacts of urban development on urban thermal environment using machine learning algorithms in Nan**g, China

M Zhang, S Tan, J Liang, C Zhang, E Chen - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The urban thermal environment undergoes significant influences from changes in land
use/land cover (LULC). This article uses CA-ANN and ANN algorithms to forecast LULC and …

Impact of urban expansion on land surface temperature and carbon emissions using machine learning algorithms in Wuhan, China

M Zhang, AA Kafy, P ** and visualization
M Marzouk, A Elhakeem, K Adel - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial neural network (ANN) has acquired noticeable interest from the research
community to handle complex problems in Construction and Building engineering (CB). This …

Assessing the impact of fractional vegetation cover on urban thermal environment: A case study of Hangzhou, China

M Zhang, S Tan, C Zhang, S Han, S Zou… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The large-scale urbanization has changed the surface characteristics of cities, seriously
affected the urban heat balance, and worsened the urban thermal environment. The …

Smart assessment and forecasting framework for healthy development index in urban cities

Q Li, L Liu, Z Guo, P Vijayakumar… - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
With the sustainable development being a consensus in human society, assessment of
healthy development index in urban cities (HDI-UC) has been a hot concern in academia …

Predicting the impacts of land use/land cover changes on seasonal urban thermal characteristics using machine learning algorithms

AA Kafy, M Saha, ZA Rahaman, MT Rahman… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface temperatures (LST)
contribute significantly to the formation and intensity of urban heat islands (UHI) effects. The …

Impact of vegetation cover loss on surface temperature and carbon emission in a fastest-growing city, Cumilla, Bangladesh

AA Kafy, A Al Rakib, MA Fattah, ZA Rahaman… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human pressures, combined with changing hydrology and land resources, have a distinct
effect on the carbon chain and ecosystem resilience. The increase in urban areas …