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 …

Progress in urban climatology over the two decades since the first publication of the
International Journal of Climatology is reviewed. It is emphasized that urban climatology …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

Urban green infrastructure can to a certain extent mitigate urban warming. However, the
cooling effect of plants varies with space, time and plant-specific properties. To contribute to …

This study investigates the impact of urban form and landsca** type on the mid-afternoon
microclimate in semi-arid Phoenix, Arizona. The goal is to find effective urban form and …

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city
were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban …

This paper discusses the contribution of street design, ie aspect ratio (or height-to-width
ratio, H/W) and solar orientation, towards the development of a comfortable microclimate at …

Extensive use of high-albedo materials has been advocated as a means of mitigating the
urban heat island, especially in warm-climate cities. The implicit assumptions of this strategy …

Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their
surroundings. Traditional, highly absorptive construction materials and a lack of effective …

The effects of vegetation on human thermal stress in a hot-arid region were tested in two
semi-enclosed urban spaces with various combinations of mature trees, grass, overhead …