Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China

BJ He, J Wang, J Zhu, J Qi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …

A review of the impact of blue space on the urban microclimate

P Ampatzidis, T Kershaw - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon represents a major public health issue and has
received great attention due to rapid urbanisation. Blue spaces have long been considered …

Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management

BJ He, J Wang, H Liu, G Ulpiani - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat waves (HWs) and urban heat islands (UHIs) can potentially interact. The mechanisms
behind their synergy are not fully disclosed. Starting from the localized UHI phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] How can urban green spaces be planned to mitigate urban heat island effect under different climatic backgrounds? A threshold-based perspective

W Zhou, W Yu, Z Zhang, W Cao, T Wu - Science of the total environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) was widely regarded as an effective nature-based solution to
mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect, therefore, develo** landscape strategies to …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variability and temporal heterogeneity of surface urban heat island patterns and the suitability of local climate zones for land surface temperature …

Z Zhao, A Sharifi, X Dong, L Shen, BJ He - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study investigated monthly variations of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) and
the applicability of the local climate zones (LCZ) scheme for land surface temperature (LST) …

Influences of urban spatial form on urban heat island effects at the community level in China

A Guo, J Yang, X **ao, J **a, C **, X Li - Sustainable cities and society, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to increasing population densities and impervious surface areas, heat island effects
increasingly dominate urban environments and hinder sustainable development. The urban …

Effects of long-term application of organic fertilizer on improving organic matter content and retarding acidity in red soil from China

H Wang, J Xu, X Liu, D Zhang, L Li, W Li… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
Long-term fertilization causes declines in soil quality and crop yield, hindering current
agricultural development. This paper is about the effect of long-term fertilization (20 years) in …

Towards the next generation of green building for urban heat island mitigation: Zero UHI impact building

BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
At present, cities are under the threats of global warming and urban heat island (UHI)
phenomenon, where buildings are an important cause and also the sufferer of urban …

Co-benefits approach: Opportunities for implementing sponge city and urban heat island mitigation

BJ He, J Zhu, DX Zhao, ZH Gou, JD Qi, J Wang - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change and its impacts cannot be addressed once for all due to internal complexity.
Some implemented strategies may only be capable of dealing with a cluster of problems …

Impact of urban morphology and landscape characteristics on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land surface temperature

A Guo, J Yang, W Sun, X **ao, JX Cecilia, C **… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban microclimates have undergone extreme changes against the current backdrop of
global warming and rapid urbanization. Although several studies on the spatiotemporal …