Progress, knowledge gap and future directions of urban heat mitigation and adaptation research through a bibliometric review of history and evolution

BJ He, W Wang, A Sharifi, X Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a bibliometric review of the history and evolution of Urban Heat
Mitigation and Adaptation (UHMA) from 1989 to 2021 to identify its research progress …

A review of recent developments in the impact of environmental measures on urban heat island

P Rajagopal, RS Priya, R Senthil - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The global boom in urbanization and infrastructure, especially in develo** countries, has
resulted in the urban heat island (UHI). This recent review analyzes the current development …

Exploring the connection between morphological characteristic of built-up areas and surface heat islands based on MSPA

J Lin, K Wei, Z Guan - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatial pattern of built-up areas can exert an important influence on surface urban heat
islands (SUHIs). While previous studies relied heavily on landscape indicators to …

How can greenery space mitigate urban heat island? An analysis of cooling effect, carbon sequestration, and nurturing cost at the street scale

C **, L Han, J Wang, Z Feng, P Kumar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has contributed to urban heat islands, which can potentially lead to
increased energy consumption and carbon emissions, further worsening global warming …

Impacts of urban-scale building height diversity on urban climates: A case study of Nan**g, China

C **, C Ren, J Wang, Z Feng, SJ Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
The rapid development of urbanization is accompanied by the diversification of building
heights. It has caused cities to face problem of non-uniform distribution of urban climate …

Recognizing surface urban heat 'island'effect and its urbanization association in terms of intensity, footprint, and capacity: A case study with multi-dimensional analysis …

L Yao, S Sun, C Song, Y Wang, Y Xu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Current research on the surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect rarely address the
discussion of what exactly is the 'island'of urban surface thermal environment. Given this …

Co-occurrence of urban heat and the COVID-19: Impacts, drivers, methods, and implications for the post-pandemic era

W Wang, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the performance of cool pavements for urban heat island mitigation under realistic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

I Kousis, AL Pisello - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cool Pavements (CPs) can maintain a lower surface temperature than conventional
pavements and mitigate urban overheating. CPs decrease their heat gains by enhancing …

Nonlinear effects of urban and industrial forms on surface urban heat island: Evidence from 162 Chinese prefecture-level cities

Y Ming, Y Liu, J Gu, J Wang, X Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban and industrial forms were widely concerned as influential factors of surface urban
heat island (SUHI) at the macroscale. However, there is still a lack of systematic …

Improving air quality in Guangzhou with urban green infrastructure planning: An i-Tree Eco model study

Y Yao, Y Wang, Z Ni, S Chen, B **a - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
With rapid economic development and increasing population, the urbanization process is
accelerated, and serious air pollution threatens human health. Urban green infrastructure …