Urban green and blue infrastructures (GBI) are considered an effective tool for mitigating
urban heat stress and improving human thermal comfort. Many studies have investigated the …

Urban green spaces (UGS) are effective mitigations to excessive urban heat. Landscape
metrics (LMs) have been widely used to assess how UGS configuration, ie, edge and area …

Energy consumption prediction is an integral part of planning and controlling energy used in
the building sector which accounts for 40% of the global energy consumption and a …

In the context of rapid urbanization and global warming, how to use urban green space
(UGS) with high-efficiency to mitigate the urban heat islands (UHIs) effect in different climate …

Despite increasing attention to rising land surface temperatures (LSTs) and other climate
changes caused by urbanization, few studies have considered the characteristics of LST or …

Urban forests can mitigate the urban heat island effect by serving as cooling islands.
However, urban forest cooling potentials and their influencing factors at the single tree and …

Green infrastructure could provide a suite of benefits, including stormwater management
and climate change impact mitigation. While European countries, the USA and Canada are …

Planting trees is considered to relieve the thermal load. However, trees may" pollute" the air
quality. Tree net effects should receive more attention, but only a few studies have …

Microclimate knowledge has been intensively integrated into urban planning and design to
improve the buildings' energy performance and outdoor thermal comfort. To assess the …

Numerous studies have explored the cooling effect of greening due to evapotranspiration,
enhanced albedo, and interception of shortwave radiation to reduce the air temperature in …