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 …

Planning for cooler cities: A framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes

BA Norton, AM Coutts, SJ Livesley, RJ Harris… - Landscape and urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Warming associated with urban development will be exacerbated in future years by
temperature increases due to climate change. The strategic implementation of urban green …

From street canyon microclimate to indoor environmental quality in naturally ventilated urban buildings: Issues and possibilities for improvement

ZT Ai, CM Mak - Building and environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Many buildings in urban areas are more or less naturally ventilated. A good understanding
of the current status and issues of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in naturally ventilated …

Outdoor thermal comfort within five different urban forms in the Netherlands

M Taleghani, L Kleerekoper, M Tenpierik… - Building and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Outdoor thermal comfort in urban spaces is known as an important contributor to
pedestrians' health. The urban microclimate is also important more generally through its …

[图书][B] Urban microclimate: designing the spaces between buildings

E Erell, D Pearlmutter, T Williamson - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city
were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban …

Sky-view factor as a relief visualization technique

K Zakšek, K Oštir, Ž Kokalj - Remote sensing, 2011 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing has become the most important data source for the digital elevation model
(DEM) generation. DEM analyses can be applied in various fields and many of them require …

Mitigating the urban heat island in a residential area in Tehran: Investigating the role of vegetation, materials, and orientation of buildings

H Farhadi, M Faizi, H Sanaieian - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
The results of researches on the urban heat island (UHI) effect and global warming have
attracted more attention to the outdoor thermal comfort. This research evaluates the different …

The effect of urban shading and canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in hot climates: A case study of Ahvaz, Iran

N Nasrollahi, Y Namazi, M Taleghani - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the role of urban geometry and urban shading in improving the
pedestrians' thermal comfort in hot climate of Ahvaz, Iran. Six urban canyons are selected in …

Influence of urban geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in a hot dry climate: A study in Fez, Morocco

E Johansson - Building and environment, 2006 - Elsevier
There are few studies on the microclimate and human comfort of urban areas in hot dry
climates. This study investigates the influence of urban geometry on outdoor thermal comfort …

PIGNN-CFD: A physics-informed graph neural network for rapid predicting urban wind field defined on unstructured mesh

X Shao, Z Liu, S Zhang, Z Zhao, C Hu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban wind field plays an important role in quantitative assessment of urban environment.
Compared to field measurement and wind tunnel experiment, Computational Fluid …