[HTML][HTML] New innovations in pavement materials and engineering: A review on pavement engineering research 2021

JE Office, J Chen, H Dan, Y Ding, Y Gao, M Guo… - Journal of Traffic and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and
environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly …

[HTML][HTML] Urban microclimate and building energy models: A review of the latest progress in coupling strategies

N Sezer, H Yoonus, D Zhan, LL Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climatic conditions are different in cities than in their geographical environment. Precise
representation of the climatic parameters within an urban context is crucial for obtaining …

Contribution of urban functional zones to the spatial distribution of urban thermal environment

Y Chen, J Yang, R Yang, X Xiao, JC Xia - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
With the accelerated rate of urbanization, reasonable identification of urban functional zones
has been increasingly important to urban development. In this study, we used …

Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe

S Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Z Kalantari, G Egidi, L Gaburova… - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
Climate change and landscape transformation have led to rapid expansion of peri-urban
areas globally, representing new 'laboratories' for the study of human–nature relationships …

Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of urban heat island effect and its relationship to block morphology with the geographically weighted regression model

Y Gao, J Zhao, L Han - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies in recent years have investigated the relationship between
urban morphology and the urban heat island (UHI) effect in the context of global climate …

A comprehensive systematic review: Impact of Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) on Land Surface Temperatures (LST) and outdoor thermal comfort

S Patel, M Indraganti, RN Jawarneh - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, urbanization-driven changes in Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) jeopardize
Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) and the outdoor thermal comfort of urban residents …

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 …

Quantifying the influence of 2D and 3D urban morphology on the thermal environment across climatic zones

WB Wu, ZW Yu, J Ma, B Zhao - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban heat islands (UHIs) exert a substantially negative impact on human health and urban
sustainability. The role of two-dimensional (2D) landscape patterns in UHIs are well …

Cool pavements for urban heat island mitigation: A synthetic review

C Wang, ZH Wang, KE Kaloush, J Shacat - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban heat island (UHI) effect poses great challenges to urban environmental quality,
building energy consumption, and public health. Over decades, research efforts have been …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of factors affecting public willingness to pay for heat mitigation and adaptation: Evidence from Guangzhou, China

X Liu, J He, K Xiong, S Liu, BJ He - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban heat is a critical problem due to global warming and heat island effects. Urban heat
will be further aggravated in the coming decades. It is essential to develop heat action plans …