Urban green infrastructures to improve pedestrian thermal comfort: A systematic review

BM de Quadros, MGO Mizgier - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence of heat mitigation through green infrastructure has been extensively documented
and quantified in the literature; however, the effectiveness of implementing these strategies …

Efficient cooling of cities at global scale using urban green space to mitigate urban heat island effects in different climatic regions

C Wang, Z Ren, Y Dong, P Zhang, Y Guo… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five US cities

Z Gao, BF Zaitchik, Y Hou, W Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks can cool the urban environment and mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Quantifying the park cooling effect and its relationships with park characteristics is important …

[HTML][HTML] Progress on green infrastructure for urban cooling: Evaluating techniques, design strategies, and benefits

A Azmeer, F Tahir, SG Al-Ghamdi - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure (GI) can act as an effective cooling strategy to mitigate the urban heat
island effect. The complex interdependencies in the built environment make it challenging to …

The cooling capacity of urban vegetation and its driving force under extreme hot weather: A comparative study between dry-hot and humid-hot cities

Z Ren, C Wang, Y Guo, S Hong, P Zhang, Z Ma… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extreme heat events in cities necessitate closer examination of urban vegetation'capacity to
mitigate extreme hot weather. However, the cooling capacity of vegetation (CCV) and its …

Urban green space and cooling services: Opposing changes of integrated accessibility and social equity along with urbanization

T Lan, Y Liu, G Huang, J Corcoran, J Peng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Heat stress poses a threat to public health and urban green space (UGS) offers a climate
regulation service. When the total amount of UGS increases, the way to allocate UGS should …

A Systematic Review of Urban Vegetation Research during 2000–2023: A Bibliometric Analysis

H Boukita, F Elwahab, M El Ammari… - … Journal of Forestry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban vegetation is a fundamental element and the keystone of urban ecological systems.
Therefore, better comprehending the patterns of change over time and space in this …

Urban ventilation corridors exacerbate air pollution in central urban areas: Evidence from a Chinese city

L Han, J Zhao, T Zhang, J Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban ventilation corridors are effective in improving urban air quality and alleviating heat
island problems, and are widely used in cities around the world. This paper studies typical …

Cooling efficacy of trees across cities is determined by background climate, urban morphology, and tree trait

H Li, Y Zhao, C Wang, D Ürge-Vorsatz… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Urban planners and other stakeholders often view trees as the ultimate panacea for
mitigating urban heat stress; however, their cooling efficacy varies globally and is influenced …

Urban vegetation cooling capacity was enhanced under rapid urbanization in China

C Wang, Z Ren, Y Du, Y Guo, P Zhang, G Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cooling capacity of urban vegetation, which forms “urban cooling islands”(UCI), can play
an important role in mitigating urban heat islands (UHI). However, the spatiotemporal …