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 …

Mining and modeling the direct and indirect causalities among factors affecting the Urban Heat Island severity using structural machine learned Bayesian networks

G Assaf, X Hu, RH Assaad - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization, population growth, and climate change have several impacts on the
environment including the extreme increase in temperature in urban areas, which is also …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive generalizability assessment of data-driven Urban Heat Island (UHI) models

MP Acosta, M Dikkers, F Vahdatikhaki, J Santos… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Data-driven models serve as valuable tools for understanding and tackling the UHI
phenomenon that can provide user-friendly platforms for urban planners for incorporating …

Advantages of modeling the urban heat island intensity: A tool for implementing nature-based solutions

GY Oukawa, P Krecl, AC Targino, LFA Batista - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change affects the lives of billions of urban residents worldwide. Amidst this
scenario, the urban heat island (UHI) exacerbates heat stress and worsens thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven analysis of Urban Heat Island phenomenon based on street typology

MP Acosta, F Vahdatikhaki, J Santos, SP Jarro… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the intricate relationship between diverse street types and the urban
heat island (UHI) phenomenon-a major urban issue where urban regions are warmer than …

[HTML][HTML] How to bring UHI to the urban planning table? A data-driven modeling approach

MP Acosta, F Vahdatikhaki, J Santos… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
While temperature rises in urbanized area there is a growing concern among key decision-
makers and urban planners to actively incorporate Urban Heat Island (UHI)-related …

Urban heat island (UHI) intensity and magnitude estimations: A systematic literature review

SW Kim, RD Brown - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The severity of urban heat islands (UHIs) is increasing due to global and urban climate
change. The damage caused by UHIs is also increasing. To establish a plan to improve the …

The surface urban heat island response to urban expansion: A panel analysis for the conterminous United States

X Li, Y Zhou, GR Asrar, M Imhoff, X Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban heat island (UHI), the phenomenon that urban areas experience higher temperatures
compared to their surrounding rural areas, has significant socioeconomic and environmental …

Urban neighborhood characteristics influence on a building indoor environment

PA Mirzaei, D Olsthoorn, M Torjan… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) is exacerbated during heat waves, which have been reported to
be more frequent in recent years. Unwanted consequences of the UHI not only include an …

The future of China's urban heat island effects: A machine learning based scenario analysis on climatic-socioeconomic policies

T Lan, J Peng, Y Liu, Y Zhao, J Dong, S Jiang, X Cheng… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Risk assessment and adaptation have become key foci in the examination of urban heat
island (UHI) effects. Land use change and population growth are known to impact UHI …