A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces

D Lai, W Liu, T Gan, K Liu, Q Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Urban open space provides various benefits to citizens, but the thermal environment of this
space is impacted by global warming and urban heat islands. A growing number of studies …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions efficiency evaluation against natural hazards: Modelling methods, advantages and limitations

P Kumar, SE Debele, J Sahani, N Rawat… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risks (HMRs) reduction and
management are becoming increasingly popular, but challenges such as the lack of well …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the CFD analysis of urban microclimate

Y Toparlar, B Blocken, B Maiheu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Urban microclimate studies are gaining popularity due to rapid urbanization. Many studies
documented that urban microclimate can affect building energy performance, human …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of monitoring methods for assessing the performance of nature-based solutions against natural hazards

P Kumar, SE Debele, J Sahani, N Rawat… - Earth-Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
To bring to fruition the capability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in mitigating hydro-
meteorological risks (HMRs) and facilitate their widespread uptake require a consolidated …

Review on the impact of urban geometry and pedestrian level greening on outdoor thermal comfort

E Jamei, P Rajagopalan, M Seyedmahmoudian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The number of hot days is increasing in many parts of the world because of the heat island
phenomenon and global climate change. High air temperature greatly affects human …

Evaluating the cooling effects of green infrastructure: A systematic review of methods, indicators and data sources

CB Koc, P Osmond, A Peters - Solar Energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Evidence of temperature moderation through green infrastructure has been largely
documented and quantified by literature; however, the critique of available methods and …

Outdoor thermal comfort by different heat mitigation strategies-A review

M Taleghani - renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Due to the ongoing global warming, heat mitigation strategies are becoming implemented
through practice and simulations. These efforts aim to make the cities that are dealing with …

Comparing the effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies for Toronto, Canada

Y Wang, U Berardi, H Akbari - Energy and buildings, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Increasing awareness of the urban heat island (UHI) effect has raised attention about the
outdoor thermal comfort in cities worldwide. Several studies in the last decades have …

Urban microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort. A proper procedure to fit ENVI-met simulation outputs to experimental data

F Salata, I Golasi, R de Lieto Vollaro… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
This paper, while referring to a case study, focuses on the assessment of the input
parameters based on the equations solved by ENVI-met. The output data of different …