The surface urban heat island (SUHI), which represents the difference of land surface
temperature (LST) in urban relativity to neighboring non-urban surfaces, is usually …

The paper presents a review on major contributions in infrared thermography to study the
built environment at multiple scales. To elaborate the review, hundreds of studies conducted …

Urbanization is taking place at an unprecedented rate around the world, particularly in
China in the past few decades. One of the key impacts of rapid urbanization on the …

Greening is a useful mitigation strategy for planners mainly from a visual perspective. For
high-density urban living environment such as Hong Kong, urban greening helps cooling …

Urban areas will experience the greatest increases in temperature resulting from climate
change due to the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Urban greenspace mitigates the UHI and …

The effects of land cover composition on land surface temperature (LST) have been
extensively documented. Few studies, however, have examined the effects of land cover …

Nano-TiO 2 cement-based materials have been widely used as green building materials
due to their effective photocatalytic ability to degrade air pollutants. The photocatalytic …

Thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing techniques have been applied in urban climate and
environmental studies, mainly for analyzing land surface temperature (LST) patterns and its …

The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon is a common environmental problem in urban
landscapes which affects both climatic and ecological processes. Here we examined the …

Urban parks can help mitigate urban heat island (UHI) effects and decrease cooling energy
consumption in summer. However, it is unclear how park characteristics affect the formation …