Quantification of anthropogenic heat and simulation of its effects on environment and climate: A comprehensive review

Y Lu, Z Shao, H Lu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic heat (AH), a source of physical pollution, has a profound influence on
climate, air quality, and human health. Consequently, it is important to accurately quantify …

Impact of urban expansion on the supply-demand balance of ecosystem services: An analysis of prefecture-level cities in China

J Zeng, X Cui, W Chen, X Yao - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The coercive impact of urban expansion on ecosystems is becoming increasingly severe.
Understanding the impact of urban expansion on the supply and demand (S&D) balance of …

Remote sensing of diverse urban environments: From the single city to multiple cities

G Chen, Y Zhou, JA Voogt, EC Stokes - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of urban environments has unveiled a significant shift from single-city
investigations to the inclusion of multiple cities. Originated from the ideas of the Remote …

Assessing the effects of 2D/3D urban morphology on the 3D urban thermal environment by using multi-source remote sensing data and UAV measurements: A case …

C Yang, W Zhu, J Sun, X Xu, R Wang, Y Lu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect has many adverse impacts on natural and social
environments. A better understanding of how complex urban biophysical and social …

Landscape and vegetation traits of urban green space can predict local surface temperature

D Chen, F Zhang, M Zhang, Q Meng, CY Jim… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Societal and technological advances have triggered demands to improve urban
environmental quality. Urban green space (UGS) can provide effective cooling service and …

A cooled city? Comparing human activity changes on the impact of urban thermal environment before and after city-wide lockdown

Z Cai, Y Tang, Q Zhan - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020 reduced human outdoor activities and
changed the spatial-temporal distribution of the population. To find its changes on the impact …

Global regionalization of heat environment quality perception based on K-means clustering and Google trends data

Y Kim, Y Kim - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
To effectively plan for the thermal environment in the face of climate change, it is crucial to
consider regionalized approaches and people's perceptions of the phenomenon based on …

Exploring the multitemporal surface urban heat island effect and its driving relation in the Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei urban agglomeration

X Fu, L Yao, W Xu, Y Wang, S Sun - Applied Geography, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid urbanization process would pose substantial disturbances to local thermal
balance and induce severe surface urban heat island (SUHI) effects, which poses adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Design of low-energy buildings in densely populated urban areas based on IoT

W Zhao, J Chen, T Hai, MN Mohammed, ZM Yaseen… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
As part of city planning and urban studies, it is customary to use the phrase urban density to
describe people and other human activity and development throughout a certain area of …

Spatial pattern of anthropogenic heat flux in monocentric and polycentric cities: The case of Chengdu and Chongqing

Y Ming, Y Liu, X Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Although anthropogenic heat emission (AHE) has been acknowledged as a significant
threat to urban thermal environment, little attention has been paid to the differences in the …