A review of the impact of blue space on the urban microclimate

P Ampatzidis, T Kershaw - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon represents a major public health issue and has
received great attention due to rapid urbanisation. Blue spaces have long been considered …

WRF-based scenario experiment research on urban heat island: A review

D Zhu, R Ooka - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization leads to an increase in urban heat islands (UHIs), which is a cause for concern
because they endanger the ecological environment and human health. Scenario …

Urbanization and climate change impacts on future urban flooding in Can Tho city, Vietnam

HTL Huong, A Pathirana - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
Urban development increases flood risk in cities due to local changes in hydrological and
hydrometeorological conditions that increase flood hazard, as well as to urban …

Effect of VOC emissions from vegetation on air quality in Berlin during a heatwave

G Churkina, F Kuik, B Bonn, A Lauer… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
The potential of emissions from urban vegetation combined with anthropogenic emissions to
produce ozone and particulate matter has long been recognized. This potential increases …

Urbanization-induced urban heat island and aerosol effects on climate extremes in the Yangtze River Delta region of China

S Zhong, Y Qian, C Zhao, R Leung… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The WRF-Chem model coupled with a single-layer urban canopy model (UCM) is integrated
for 5 years at convection-permitting scale to investigate the individual and combined impacts …

Quantifying urban heat island intensity and its physical mechanism using WRF/UCM

H Li, Y Zhou, X Wang, X Zhou, H Zhang… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Reliable quantification of urban heat island intensity (UHII) is crucial for the evaluation of
extreme heat waves and the related heat stress. As a powerful approach for the study of …

Targeted implementation of cool roofs for equitable urban adaptation to extreme heat

AM Broadbent, J Declet-Barreto, ES Krayenhoff… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities are facing the twin pressures of greenhouse gas driven climatic warming and locally
induced urban heating. These pressures are threatening populations that are sensitive to …

[HTML][HTML] Green roof mitigation potential for a proxy future climate scenario in Chicago, Illinois

KR Smith, PJ Roebber - Journal of applied meteorology and …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Advanced Research version of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
(ARW) coupled with an urban canopy model is used to investigate the potential of vegetative …

Airflow modelling for building design: A designers' review

R Zhang, X Xu, K Liu, L Kong, W Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable design is no longer an emerging debate. Data-driven urban and architectural
design faces several potential threats related to airflow modelling, including extreme wind …

Industrial heat island mitigation in Angul-Talcher region of India: evaluation using modified WRF-Single Urban Canopy Model

VK Singh, M Mohan, S Bhati - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Linkages of urban and industrial cooling with sustainable development goals and climate
change perspectives are well acknowledged, mainly for develo** economies in tropical …