Assessment methods of urban microclimate and its parameters: A critical review to take the research from lab to land

H Bherwani, A Singh, R Kumar - Urban Climate, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Urbanization creates enormous opportunities and contributes to socio-economic diversity
that renovates the built environment. However, growth and development has an …

[HTML][HTML] Net impact of air conditioning on heat-related mortality in Japanese cities

PLC Chua, Y Takane, CFS Ng, K Oka, Y Honda… - Environment …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Background Air conditioning (AC) presents a viable means of tackling the ill-effects of heat
on human health. However, AC releases additional anthropogenic heat outdoors, and this …

Effect of local climate zone (LCZ) and building category (BC) classification on the simulation of urban climate and air-conditioning load in Hong Kong

R Du, CH Liu, XX Li, CY Lin - Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Reliable energy models are required to predict urban-scale air-conditioning (AC) load under
extreme outdoor temperatures which is crucial to power security. In this study, we proposed …

A new method for detecting urban morphology effects on urban-scale air temperature and building energy consumption under mesoscale meteorological conditions

R Du, CH Liu, XX Li - Urban Climate, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Impact of urban morphology on urban-scale building energy consumption under mesoscale
climate has not been elucidated. A new model was developed to examine the impact using …

[HTML][HTML] Decarbonisation technologies can halve the nonlinear increase in electricity demand in densely populated areas due to climate change

Y Takane, K Nakajima, K Yamaguchi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This study projects past and future net electricity consumption (EC) in the Tokyo metropolitan
area under various global warming scenarios (ranging from-1.0° C to+ 3.0° C in 0.5° C …

[HTML][HTML] Human behaviour change and its impact on urban climate: Restrictions with the G20 Osaka Summit and COVID-19 outbreak

K Nakajima, Y Takane, Y Kikegawa, Y Furuta… - Urban Climate, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Here we explored human behaviour change impacts on urban climate during the G20
Osaka Summit and the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The G20 Summit was held …

Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Changes in an Urban Area of Tokyo, Japan, Due to the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Case Study During the State of Emergency in April …

H Sugawara, S Ishidoya, Y Terao… - Geophysical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on urban CO2 emissions was investigated using
atmospheric observations in the residential area (approximately 4× 105 m2) in Tokyo …

Numerical analysis of the impact of anthropogenic emissions on the urban environment of Singapore

VK Singh, MO Mughal, A Martilli, JA Acero… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Increased urbanization and anthropogenic activities in tropical cities lead to the temperature
gradient between the urban and rural environments, causing the urban heat island (UHI) …

Urban warming and future air-conditioning use in an Asian megacity: importance of positive feedback

Y Takane, Y Kikegawa, M Hara… - npj Climate and …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The impact of feedback between urban warming and air-conditioning (AC) use on
temperatures in future urban climates is explored in this study. Pseudo-global warming …

Urban climate changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: integration of urban-building-energy model with social big data

Y Takane, K Nakajima, Y Kikegawa - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The changes in human behaviour associated with the spread of COVID-19 infections have
changed the urban environment. However, little is known about the extent to which they …