[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence in environmental monitoring: Advancements, challenges, and future directions

DB Olawade, OZ Wada, AO Ige, BI Egbewole… - Hygiene and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in environmental monitoring offers
accurate disaster forecasts, pollution source detection, and comprehensive air and water …

How do the 3D urban morphological characteristics spatiotemporally affect the urban thermal environment? A case study of San Antonio

Y Wang, Z He, W Zhai, S Wang, C Zhao - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban landscapes, characterized by intricate interactions within a three-dimensional (3D)
framework, give rise to complex mechanisms that underlie the Surface Urban Heat Island …

Modeling and Estimating the Land Surface Temperature (LST) Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning (Case Study: Yazd, Iran)

M Mansourmoghaddam, I Rousta… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The pressing issue of global warming is particularly evident in urban areas, where urban
thermal islands amplify the warming effect. Understanding land surface temperature (LST) …

LCZ framework and landscape metrics: Exploration of urban and peri-urban thermal environment emphasizing 2/3D characteristics

Z Parvar, M Mohammadzadeh, S Saeidi - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has altered the environment and climate, necessitating a thorough grasp
of urban thermal dynamics for sustainable development. The lack of detailed urban …

Generative design of walkable urban cool spots using a novel heuristic GAN× GAN approach

X Li, W Lu, Z Peng, Y Zhang, J Huang - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhancing pedestrian-level outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) and walkability in urban
environments is vital for mitigating thermal risks induced by global warming. This study …

Unveiling nonlinear effects of built environment attributes on urban heat resilience using interpretable machine learning

Q Liu, J Wang, B Bai - Urban Climate, 2024 - Elsevier
Built environment attributes (BEAs) play a significant role in influencing urban heat
resilience (UHR). Previous research has examined the correlations and nonlinear …

Combining visual intelligence and social-physical urban features facilitates fine-scale seasonality characterization of urban thermal environments

J Yu, Q Hu, J Li - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional methods for assessing urban thermal environments (UTEs) often rely on GIS and
remote sensing data, suffering from data limitations in coverage, accuracy, and availability …

Limited data-oriented building heating load prediction method: A novel meta learning-based framework

Y Lu, X Peng, C Li, Z Tian, X Kong - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Data-driven models have been widely used in building heating load prediction, but often fail
when facing limited data. Previous studies have shown transfer learning can assist model …

Forecasting land surface drought in urban environments based on machine learning model

J Chen, H Zheng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025 - Elsevier
Urban drought, a subtype of socio-economic drought, has received limited attention
compared to other types. Given the shifts in water supply patterns due to global climate …

Automated layout generation from sites to flats using GAN and transfer learning

L Wang, X Zhou, J Liu, G Cheng - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
Generating architectural layouts from sites to flats, encompassing site layouts (SLs), building
layouts (BLs), and flat layouts (FLs), presents a complex process. Notably, the BL generation …