Beating the urban heat: Situation, background, impacts and the way forward in China

BJ He, J Wang, J Zhu, J Qi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …

[HTML][HTML] Green roofs towards circular and resilient cities

CSC Calheiros, AI Stefanakis - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
Green roofs are gaining interest as nature-based solutions (NBS) to counteract with several
environmental and socio-economic problems associated to urban sprawl and climate …

Relationship between urban spatial form and seasonal land surface temperature under different grid scales

Y Chen, J Yang, W Yu, J Ren, X **ao, JC **a - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect is intensifying with increasing urbanization. As an
important representation of the UHI effect and the urban thermal environment, it is critical to …

A framework for addressing urban heat challenges and associated adaptive behavior by the public and the issue of willingness to pay for heat resilient infrastructure in …

BJ He, D Zhao, K **ong, J Qi, G Ulpiani… - Sustainable cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates public participation in heat impact reduction by analysing adaptive
behaviours, familiarity with urban heat island (UHI) and cooling strategies, the perceived …

The roles of surrounding 2D/3D landscapes in park cooling effect: Analysis from extreme hot and normal weather perspectives

D Han, X Xu, Z Qiao, F Wang, H Cai, H An, K Jia… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban parks are regarded as a promising measure to alleviate urban heat island (UHI)
effects. Park cooling effects have been widely investigated, however, the impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of factors affecting public willingness to pay for heat mitigation and adaptation: Evidence from Guangzhou, China

X Liu, J He, K **ong, S Liu, BJ He - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat is a critical problem due to global warming and heat island effects. Urban heat
will be further aggravated in the coming decades. It is essential to develop heat action plans …

Intelligent multiobjective optimization design for NZEBs in China: Four climatic regions

X Wu, X Li, Y Qin, W Xu, Y Liu - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Near-zero-energy-consumption buildings (NZEBs) are of great significance for sustainable
development, and their design and research have attracted increasing academic attention …

Research on the risk evaluation of urban wastewater treatment projects based on an improved fuzzy cognitive map

H Chen, J Wang, Z Feng, Y Liu, W Xu, Y Qin - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the issues of ambiguous uncertainty and conflicting evidence in risk evaluation
of wastewater treatment public-private partnership (PPP) project, a risk evaluation approach …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of green building certifications on market value and occupant satisfaction

I Gil-Ozoudeh, O Iwuanyanwu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The impact of green building certifications on market value and occupant satisfaction Page 1
International Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship Research, Volume 6, Issue 8, August …

Application of a decision-making framework for multi-objective optimisation of urban heat mitigation strategies

J Qi, L Ding, S Lim - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The significant number of urban heat mitigation strategies (UHMSs) and varying mitigation
performances across different urban settings are challenging for governments to make …