Leveraging the opportunities of wind for cities through urban planning and design: A PRISMA review

YS Liu, T Yigitcanlar, M Guaralda, K Degirmenci, A Liu… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wind has been utilized for passive ventilation and mechanical power since antiquity. As an
abundant renewable resource, today, wind is increasingly seen as a critical resource to help …

The effects of 2D and 3D building morphology on urban environments: A multi-scale analysis in the Bei**g metropolitan region

Q Cao, Q Luan, Y Liu, R Wang - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Building morphology has critical impacts on urban environments. However, the association
between building morphology and urban environments across different scales and seasons …

The associations between urban form and major non-communicable diseases: a systematic review

ZS Fazeli Dehkordi, SM Khatami, E Ranjbar - Journal of Urban Health, 2022 - Springer
In the current century, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, are the most important cause …

Characterizing annual dynamics of urban form at the horizontal and vertical dimensions using long-term Landsat time series data

Y Wang, X Li, P Yin, G Yu, W Cao, J Liu, L Pei… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dynamics of built-up height are a crucial aspect of urban form, enabling the
characterization of urban growth patterns and the attainment of sustainable development …

How does urbanization influence PM2. 5 concentrations? Perspective of spillover effect of multi-dimensional urbanization impact

Y Du, Q Wan, H Liu, H Liu, K Kapsar, J Peng - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
China's rapid urbanization has aggravated its air pollution problems and subsequently
results in increased interests in the relationship between urbanization and PM 2.5 …

Relationships between urban form and air quality: a reconsideration based on evidence from China's five urban agglomerations during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Sun, T Zhou, D Wang - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to the widespread stagnation of
urban activities, resulting in a significant reduction in industrial pollution and traffic pollution …

Effect of urban form on PM2. 5 concentrations in urban agglomerations of China: Insights from different urbanization levels and seasons

G Gao, SG Pueppke, Q Tao, J Wei, W Ou… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Planned urban form has become an important strategy to improve air quality in urban
agglomerations (UAs), especially pollution due to PM 2.5, but the influencing mechanisms …

The relationships between urban landscape patterns and fine particulate pollution in China: A multiscale investigation using a geographically weighted regression …

M Tu, Z Liu, C He, Z Fang, W Lu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Providing accurate assessments of the relationships between urban landscape patterns and
PM 2.5 pollution is essential for improving urban sustainability in China. Accordingly, this …

Characterizing three dimensional (3-D) morphology of residential buildings by landscape metrics

Y Liu, C Chen, J Li, WQ Chen - Landscape Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context The key attributes of landscape pattern include composition and configuration,
which can be depicted by landscape/spatial metrics. An emerging pathway is leveraging …

Integrating meteorological factors for better understanding of the urban form-air quality relationship

Y Tian, XA Yao, L Mu, Q Fan, Y Liu - Landscape Ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context Understanding the urban form-air quality relationship is essential to mitigate intra-
urban air pollution and to improve urban ecology. However, few studies considered urban …