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 …

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 …

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 …

The roles of surrounding 2D/3D landscapes in park cooling effect: Analysis from extreme hot and normal weather perspectives

D Han, X Xu, Z Qiao, F Wang, H Cai, H An, K Jia… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban parks are regarded as a promising measure to alleviate urban heat island (UHI)
effects. Park cooling effects have been widely investigated, however, the impacts of …

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 …

Exploring non-linear and synergistic effects of green spaces on active travel using crowdsourced data and interpretable machine learning

L Yang, H Yang, B Yu, Y Lu, J Cui, D Lin - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
The relationship between green spaces and active travel has been extensively studied.
However, the majority of previous studies relied on small datasets concerning active travel …

Promoting and implementing urban sustainability in China: An integration of sustainable initiatives at different urban scales

BJ He, DX Zhao, J Zhu, A Darko, ZH Gou - Habitat International, 2018 - Elsevier
Many uncontrollable risks and uncertainties emerge during transitions pathways. Previous
studies have examined the “formula” of successful sustainable initiatives (SIs), while there …