Many cities of the world suffer from air pollution because of poor planning and design and
heavy traffic in rapidly expanding urban environments. These conditions are exacerbated …

Urban open space provides various benefits to citizens, but the thermal environment of this
space is impacted by global warming and urban heat islands. A growing number of studies …

There is currently a lack of knowledge regarding the spatiotemporal variation of day and
night surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) in the major cities of Bangladesh. These …

Increased urban air temperatures due to urbanization affect the buildings' energy
performance and the outdoor thermal comfort. Aiming on the establishment of adaption …

Featured Application This paper presents a review of literature on urban resilience,
highlighting research gaps and suggesting solutions such as using asset and disaster risk …

The recent and projected upward trends in the frequency and intensity of climate-induced
events in cities have enhanced the focus on adaptation. In addition to enhancing the …

Abstract The Local Climate Zone (LCZ) scheme is a classification system providing a
standardization framework to present the characteristics of urban forms and functions …

Infrastructure-based heat reduction strategies can help cities adapt to high temperatures, but
simulations of their cooling potential yield widely varying predictions. We systematically …

Research on urban heat mitigation has been growing in recent years with many of the
studies focusing on green infrastructure (GI) as a strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of …

Evidence of temperature moderation through green infrastructure has been largely
documented and quantified by literature; however, the critique of available methods and …