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 …

Remote sensing for urban heat island research: Progress, current issues, and perspectives

PK Diem, CT Nguyen, NK Diem, NTH Diep… - Remote Sensing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) research has acquired popularity in recent decades
because of increasing recognition of heat stress impacts on human health, environments …

[HTML][HTML] Global building morphology indicators

F Biljecki, YS Chow - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterising and analysing urban morphology is a continuous task in urban data science,
environmental analyses, and many other domains. As the availability and quality of data on …

[HTML][HTML] Map** urban heat islands and heat-related risk during heat waves from a climate justice perspective: A case study in the municipality of Padua (Italy) for …

SE Pappalardo, C Zanetti, V Todeschi - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has led to a dramatic increase in extreme events worldwide. Predictions for
a+ 1.5° C world indicate that 13.8% of the global population will be exposed to heat waves …

Drivers of global surface urban heat islands: Surface property, climate background, and 2D/3D urban morphologies

L Shao, W Liao, P Li, M Luo, X **ong, X Liu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Local climate of the city is modulated by not only land surface properties and climate
background but also urban morphology. While the modulations of the former two have been …

The influences of 2D/3D urban morphology on land surface temperature at the block scale in Chinese megacities

Z Zhang, W Luan, J Yang, A Guo, M Su, C Tian - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat island (UHI) effects in core areas of megacities pose significant challenges to
human health, energy consumption, and air quality. Investigating the relationship between …

Examining temporally varying nonlinear effects of urban form on urban heat island using explainable machine learning: A case of Seoul

P Bansal, SJ Quan - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Many empirical studies have examined the relationship between urban form and canopy
layer urban heat island (CUHI). However, these studies mostly have used small sample …

Exploring the relationship between the 2D/3D architectural morphology and urban land surface temperature based on a boosted regression tree: A case study of …

Z Li, D Hu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
With rapid urbanization, urban three-dimensional morphology and its ecological effects have
received more attention. However, thorough investigations into the multiple scale impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting urban Heat Island in European cities: A comparative study of GRU, DNN, and ANN models using urban morphological variables

AA Tehrani, O Veisi, Y Delavar, S Bahrami… - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Continued urbanization, along with anthropogenic global warming, has and will increase
land surface temperature and air temperature anomalies in urban areas when compared to …

Assessment of green roofs' potential to improve the urban thermal environment: The case of Bei**g

Y Fang, X Du, H Zhao, M Hu, X Xu - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Against the backdrop of global warming, rapid urbanization has caused the aggregation of
urban building spaces and the heat island effect is becoming increasingly serious, hindering …