How do 2D/3D urban landscapes impact diurnal land surface temperature: Insights from block scale and machine learning algorithms

D Han, H An, H Cai, F Wang, X Xu, Z Qiao, K Jia… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban landscapes significantly affect land surface temperature (LST) and are considered
crucial factors affecting urban heat island (UHI). The impacts of urban landscapes on LST …

Cooling island effect in urban parks from the perspective of internal park landscape

X Cai, J Yang, Y Zhang, X **ao, JC **a - Humanities and Social …, 2023 - nature.com
Urban parks can effectively reduce surface temperatures, which is an important strategic
approach to reducing the urban heat island effect. Quantifying the cooling effect of urban …

Characteristics of surface urban heat islands in global cities of different scales: Trends and drivers

X Deng, W Yu, J Shi, Y Huang, D Li, X He… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the increasing severity of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) phenomenon, urban
residents face heightened heat stress. Consequently, mitigating the effects of SUHI becomes …

Drivers of global surface urban heat islands: Surface property, climate background, and 2D/3D urban morphologies

L Shao, W Liao, P Li, M Luo, X **ong, X Liu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Local climate of the city is modulated by not only land surface properties and climate
background but also urban morphology. While the modulations of the former two have been …

Towards inclusive urbanism: An examination of urban environment strategies for enhancing social equity in Chengdu's housing zones

L Ouyang, Y Yang, Z Wu, Q Jiang, R Qiao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
With rapid urbanization, the urban heat island (UHI) effect has become a major problem
worldwide. This study focuses on the relationship between Urban Green Space (UGS) and …

Quantifying the main and interactive effects of the dominant factors on the diurnal cycles of land surface temperature in typical urban functional zones

J Chen, K Wang, P Du, Y Zang, P Zhang, J **a… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect exists both during daytime and nighttime and varies with
urban characteristics, such as 2D/3D urban morphology and socio-economics. However …

Predicting Urban Heat Island severity on the census-tract level using Bayesian networks

G Assaf, X Hu, RH Assaad - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban development and population growth have resulted in several critical impacts on the
society, environment, and economy. One of the main impacts is the increase in temperature …

The evolution of social-ecological system interactions and their impact on the urban thermal environment

B Chen, F Kong, ME Meadows, H Pan, AX Zhu… - npj Urban …, 2024 - nature.com
While heat mitigation is crucial to achieving sustainable urban development, an inadequate
understanding of the evolution of the urban thermal environment (UTE) and its relationship …

Geoshapley: A game theory approach to measuring spatial effects in machine learning models

Z Li - Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article introduces GeoShapley, a game theory approach to measuring spatial effects in
machine learning models. GeoShapley extends the Nobel Prize–winning Shapley value …

Quantifying the environmental synergistic effect of cooling-air purification-carbon sequestration from urban forest in China

R Feng, S Liu, F Wang, K Wang, P Gao, L Xu - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban forest is considered nature-based solution for mitigating the adverse impacts of
climate change. However, large-scale quantification of urban forest synergistic effect is still …