South Asian cities are home to nearly 15% of the world's urban population. These cities are
experiencing rampant environmental deterioration, making them vulnerable to the impacts of …

Urbanization creates enormous opportunities and contributes to socio-economic diversity
that renovates the built environment. However, growth and development has an …

Climate change and the rapid urbanization process can trigger the current urban heat island
effect. An urban heat island is categorized by temperature variation between urban and rural …

Investigation of surface urban heat island (SUHI) results from rapid urbanization and
upsurge of land surface temperature (LST) has substantial socioeconomic and …

Unplanned urban growth and changes of Land-use land cover (LULC) is the warning
scenario for towns and cities in world wide. The transformation of natural land to impervious …

Extreme heatwaves in tropical cities represent a significant short-term weather challenge,
directly impacting urban heat, exacerbating human discomfort, and increasing energy …

The trend of increasing land surface temperatures (LST) and emergence of urban heat
islands (UHI) has become a pressing challenge for city planners and policy makers. In …

There is an increasing demand for urban form optimization to mitigate urban heat island
(UHI) effect under the background of global climate change and urbanization. However …

Tropical cities are more susceptible to the suggested fall outs from projected global warming
scenarios as they are located in the Torrid Zone and growing at rapid rates. Therefore …

Simulating the building's surface condition as one of the important factors helps to predict
the building's energy consumption, mould growth and deterioration of materials. A …