How can urban parks be planned to mitigate urban heat island effect in “Furnace cities”? An accumulation perspective

X Yao, K Yu, X Zeng, Y Lin, B Ye, X Shen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks are a major blue–green infrastructure in urban ecosystems, and they are widely
regarded as being extremely effective in mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect caused …

How to quantify the cooling effect of urban parks? Linking maximum and accumulation perspectives

J Peng, Y Dan, R Qiao, Y Liu, J Dong, J Wu - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban parks can significantly alleviate the urban heat island, an ecological issue caused by
urbanization. Clarifying urban park cooling effect can improve climate change adaptability …

How to effectively mitigate urban heat island effect? A perspective of waterbody patch size threshold

J Peng, Q Liu, Z Xu, D Lyu, Y Du, R Qiao… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climatic warming and urbanization have exacerbated urban heat island (UHI) effect
globally. Waterbodies have significant cooling effect while the current UHI mitigation …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of blue spaces on urban microclimate in different climate zones, daytimes and seasons–a systematic review

L Fricke, R Legg, N Kabisch - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2024 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of the urban heat island effect requires urban planning adaptation
strategies that mitigate heat stress. While the cooling effect of urban green spaces has been …

The influence of local background climate on the dominant factors and threshold-size of the cooling effect of urban parks

X Geng, Z Yu, D Zhang, C Li, Y Yuan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban parks can mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) by creating microclimates that lower in
temperature than their surroundings, which are known as park cooling effect (PCE). The …

Investigating the diversity of land surface temperature characteristics in different scale cities based on local climate zones

J Yang, Y Zhan, X Xiao, JC Xia, W Sun, X Li - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The concept of Local Climate Zones (LCZs) are effective tools to quantify the urban
heat island effect. However, the study of LCZs mainly focuses on the meso-micro scale, and …

Studies on urban park cooling effects and their driving factors in China: Considering 276 cities under different climate zones

Y Zhou, H Zhao, S Mao, G Zhang, Y Jin, Y Luo… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuous urbanization and future climate change will bring serious urban heat island
effects (UHIs) in cities, resulting in more intensive urban heat risks. It has attracted more …

A comprehensive framework of cooling effect-accessibility-urban development to assessing and planning park cooling services

Y Xiao, Y Piao, W Wei, C Pan, D Lee, B Zhao - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With increasing global warming and urbanization, extreme heat events threaten the health of
urban dwellers. Urban parks can alleviate severe urban heating, but previous research on …

Performance-based urban ventilation corridor for actual achievement of environmental benefits

M Yin, BJ He - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Urban areas often face environmental challenges of heat islands and poor air quality.
Enhancing urban ventilation performance is a practical solution, where urban ventilation …

Are water bodies effective for urban heat mitigation? Evidence from field studies of urban lakes in two humid subtropical cities

L Yao, DJ Sailor, X Yang, G Xu, L Zhao - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Blue infrastructure is considered a nature-based solution to address urban heat problems.
However, the potential nocturnal urban heat island (UHI) effect of water bodies has not been …