Day and night: Impact of 2D/3D urban features on land surface temperature and their spatiotemporal non-stationary relationships in urban building spaces

Z Lin, H Xu, L Han, H Zhang, J Peng, X Yao - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The spatiotemporal non-stationary relationships between 2D/3D urban features and land
surface temperature (LST) introduces uncertainty to the quantitative exploration between …

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 …

Characteristics of surface urban heat islands in global cities of different scales: Trends and drivers

X Deng, W Yu, J Shi, Y Huang, D Li, X He… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the increasing severity of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, urban
residents face heightened heat stress. Consequently, mitigating the effects of SUHI becomes …

Spatiotemporal patterns of the impact of surface roughness and morphology on urban heat island

H Hou, H Su, C Yao, ZH Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
As important determinants of urban thermal environment, surface roughness and
morphology have been extensively studied for sustainable urban development. In this study …

Effects of urban morphology on thermal comfort at the micro-scale

J Zhang, Z Li, D Hu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban morphology has significant effects on local thermal comfort. To investigate the
correlation between thermal condition and urban spatial configuration, 24 typical scenarios …

Long‒term trends in surface thermal environment and its potential drivers along the urban development gradients in rapidly urbanizing regions of China

C Zhao, H Zhu, S Zhang, Z **, Y Zhang, Y Wang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban areas are experiencing extensive expansion and intensive warming, accompanied by
the deterioration of environmental quality and increased health risks. However, the complex …

Comparative analysis of the seasonal driving factors of the urban heat environment using machine learning: evidence from the wuhan urban agglomeration, China …

C Xu, G Huang, M Zhang - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the ongoing advancement of globalization significantly impacting the ecological
environment, the continuous rise in the Land Surface Temperature (LST) is increasingly …

Direct and indirect impacts of land use/cover change on urban heat environment: a 15-year panel data study across 365 Chinese cities during summer daytime and …

T He, N Wang, J Chen, F Wu, X Xu, L Liu, D Han… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context Land use/cover change (LUCC) can directly and indirectly affect surface urban heat
island intensity (SUHII) and the effects need to be decomposed. Objectives To perform long …

Predicting Urban Heat Island severity on the census-tract level using Bayesian networks

G Assaf, X Hu, RH Assaad - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban development and population growth have resulted in several critical impacts on the
society, environment, and economy. One of the main impacts is the increase in temperature …

Geospatial and statistical analysis of urban heat islands and thermally vulnerable zones in Bangalore and Hyderabad cities in India

KS Arunab, A Mathew - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects caused by urbanization and associated
anthropogenic activities have adverse environmental and social impacts. The social impacts …