Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have gained numerous
applications due to their low cost, ease of use, vertical takeover and landing, and ability to …

This paper reviews the diverse applications of drone technologies in the built environment
and their role in climate change research. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) …

Green roofs are promoted as an effective nature-based urban heat island mitigation strategy.
Green roof cooling and energy-saving benefits have been simulated for various climatic …

Traditional approaches for visual perception and evaluation of river landscapes adopt on-
site surveys or assessments through photographs. The former is expensive, hindering large …

Sustainable roofs, such as those with greenery and photovoltaic panels, contribute to the
roadmap for reducing the carbon footprint of cities. However, research on sustainable urban …

Accurate roof information of buildings can be obtained from UAV high-resolution images.
The large-scale accurate recognition of roof types (such as gabled, flat, hipped, complex and …

Residential greenspace has great intracity variations. Its driving factors have been widely
investigated in Western countries (eg, in Europe and North America), where residential …

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be crucial in the next generation of
wireless communications infrastructure. When compared to traditional ground-based …

Green roof is a popular green infrastructure type implemented in highly urbanized areas, but
it is difficult to reliably translate local results to urban or watershed scales. It is necessary to …

The Barcelona superblock is an urban neighbourhood transformation strategy, with which
car-based traffic is redirected away from streets that are inside a 3× 3 urban block …