Revealing the impact of urban spatial morphology on land surface temperature in plain and plateau cities using explainable machine learning

Z Wang, R Zhou, J Rui, Y Yu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has intensified urban heat island (UHI) effects, highlighting the need to
understand UHI drivers to improve local thermal environments. While previous research has …

Unveiling differential impacts of multidimensional urban morphology on heat island effect across local climate zones: Interpretable CatBoost-SHAP machine learning …

Q Liu, T Hang, Y Wu - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Classifying local climate zones (LCZ) improves the understanding of how urban morphology
affects the urban heat island (UHI) effect. However, differences in driving mechanisms …

Nonlinear effects of urban multidimensional characteristics on air pollution heterogeneity in China's urban agglomerations

Y Yang, L Ouyang, Z Wu, QM Jiang, R Qiao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2025 - Elsevier
Air pollution remains a pervasive global threat, with far-reaching implications for both
environmental sustainability and public health. While considerable research has examined …

The impact of urban morphology on land surface temperature under seasonal and diurnal variations: marginal and interaction effects

Z Wang, R Zhou, Y Yu - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has led to a prevalent impact of the urban heat island (UHI) effect in
urban areas, making it crucial to study the driving factors of UHI for improving the local …

Effects of microclimatic conditions and urban building configurations on aerodynamic characteristics and health risks of bioaerosols: Insights from idealized urban …

Z Dong, Z Liu, C Hu, C Ye, Y **, H Liu, R Rong… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Urban biosafety faces substantial challenges, particularly regarding the aerodynamic
behavior of bioaerosols influenced by microclimate and building layout, impacting human …

Compound health effects and risk assessment of extreme heat and ozone air pollution under climate change: A case study of 731 urban areas in China

Z He, Z Wu, O Herzog, J Hei, L Li, X Li - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025 - Elsevier
Extreme heat and air pollution are critical environmental issues that directly impact human
health, and their effects are exacerbated under climate change. While numerous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective Chapter: Mixed Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Landscapes–between Myth and Reality

G Rodríguez-Quiroz, W Hubbard-Zamudio… - 2024 - intechopen.com
The concept of landscape is polysemic and subjectively constructed. It comprises abstract
and physical elements that shape landscape character and community's identity …