The impacts of urbanisation and climate change on the urban thermal environment in Africa

X Li, LC Stringer, M Dallimer - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid urbanisation is affecting people in different ways, with some becoming more
vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Africa's cities are projected to be home to nearly …

Models and methods for quantifying the environmental, economic, and social benefits and challenges of green infrastructure: A critical review

Y Jezzini, G Assaf, RH Assaad - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
With growing urbanization and increasing climate change-related concerns, green
infrastructures (GIs) are recognized as promising solutions for mitigating various challenges …

Dual influence of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the spatiotemporal vegetation dynamics over the Qinghai‐Tibetan plateau from 1981 to 2015

Y Wei, H Lu, J Wang, X Wang, J Sun - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and human activities have already caused degradation in a large fraction of
vegetation on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Many studies report that climate variability …

Optimizing urban ecological space based on the scenario of ecological security patterns: The case of central Wuhan, China

F Fan, X Wen, Z Feng, Y Gao, W Li - Applied Geography, 2022 - Elsevier
The continued sprawl of modern cities can often threaten urban ecological space, and
sustainable landscape patterns should be considered in urban landscape planning. The …

[HTML][HTML] Constructing ecological security patterns based on ecosystem services trade-offs and ecological sensitivity: A case study of Shenzhen metropolitan area …

X Liu, Y Su, Z Li, S Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological security pattern (ESP) is an effective way to integrate landscape patterns and
ecological processes from the perspective of ecological connectivity. Its scientific …

Spatio-temporal heterogeneity of air pollution and its key influencing factors in the Yellow River Economic Belt of China from 2014 to 2019

W Jiang, W Gao, X Gao, M Ma, M Zhou, K Du… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yellow River Economic Belt (YREB) plays an important role in China's socio-
economic development and ecological security. However, this region has suffered from …

Multi-objective optimization methodology for green-gray coupled runoff control infrastructure adapting spatial heterogeneity of natural endowment and urban …

Z Liu, Z Han, X Shi, X Liao, L Leng, H Jia - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Cost-effective runoff control scheme drafting involves localization, multi-sector coordination,
and configuration of multifunctional infrastructures. Numerous independent variables …

Environmental governance of transnational regions based on ecological security: The China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor

J Li, S Dong, Y Li, Y Wang, Z Li, M Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological security patterns (ESPs) can alleviate the conflict between economic
development and ecological protection to ensure regional ecological security. The present …

Adaptive pressure-driven multi-criteria spatial decision-making for a targeted placement of green and grey runoff control infrastructures

H Jia, Z Liu, C Xu, Z Chen, X Zhang, J Xia, LY Shaw - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional runoff control measures ignore the spatial imbalance of regional pressures,
thereby failing to achieve a site-specific placement for green and grey infrastructure …

Evaluating the demand for urban green infrastructure: A residential perspective

H Zhao, B Gu, L Zhou, X Li, X Gu - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change and the pandemic have significantly influenced, and in some instances,
transformed people's perceptions of the environment, social interaction, and physical and …