Detailed land-cover mapping is essential for a range of research issues addressed by the
sustainability and land system sciences and planning. This study uses an object-based …

Complexities and uncertainties surrounding urbanization and climate change complicate
water resource sustainability. Although research has examined various aspects of complex …

In the urban sprawl paradigm, residential land use exhibits a more significant growth than
other categories. Consequently, large proportions of the natural environment are converted …

This study addresses a classic sustainability challenge—the tradeoff between water
conservation and temperature amelioration in rapidly growing cities, using Phoenix, Arizona …

Summer daytime cooling efficiency of various land cover is investigated for the urban core of
Phoenix, Arizona, using the Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme …

The growth of residential land use is more significant than that of other urban land uses. This
growth causes the destruction of large areas of natural environment for residential …

This paper explores how to reflect the cognitive, psychological and behavioral features of
the audience in the design of artworks in urban space. Firstly, the authors analyzed the …