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 …

Co-occurrence of urban heat and the COVID-19: Impacts, drivers, methods, and implications for the post-pandemic era

W Wang, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities, the main place of human settlements, are under various mega challenges such as
climate change, population increase, economic growth, urbanization, and pandemic …

Evaluating the role of the albedo of material and vegetation scenarios along the urban street canyon for improving pedestrian thermal comfort outdoors

P Mohammad, S Aghlmand, A Fadaei, S Gachkar… - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
The undeniable role of urban valleys in improving pedestrian thermal comfort along the
urban streets is crucial, especially in areas with hot summers. In this research, the …

Investigating the relationship between land alteration and the urban heat island of Seville city using multi-temporal Landsat data

B Halder, A Karimi, P Mohammad… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Climate change and anthropogenic activities are affecting the entire earth, where urban
areas are not an exception, being affected by extreme weather conditions and …

Investigating and map** day-night urban heat island and its driving factors using Sentinel/MODIS data and Google Earth Engine. Case study: Greater Cairo, Egypt

RM Abou Samra - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHI) represent one of the substantial human-induced challenges
endangering urban livelihoods. UHI and climate change have significant interactions …

Assessment of the influence of the barriers height and trees with porosity properties on the dispersion of emissions from vehicles in a residential area with various …

A Issakhov, A Abylkassymova, A Issakhov - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper is devoted to a comprehensive study of the distribution of nitrogen dioxide
concentration in a certain street canyon in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. To validate the …

Assessing the impact of urban morphological parameters on land surface temperature in the heat aggregation areas with spatial heterogeneity: A case study of …

Z Wu, Z Tong, M Wang, Q Long - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, many studies on urban morphology have investigated the urban heat island.
However, most of the studies have focused on the whole city rather than on heat …