Evidence of heat mitigation through green infrastructure has been extensively documented and quantified in the literature; however, the effectiveness of implementing these strategies …
O Isinkaralar - International journal of environmental science and …, 2023 - Springer
The concentration of human activities in urban areas, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and high global temperature values in urban areas have accelerated the research on global …
N Narimani, A Karimi, RD Brown - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban valleys as a primary element of the urban environment have played an undeniable role in the intensification of urban heat islands as climate change has increased in the past …
Via sheltering, decoupling and buffering mechanisms, tree canopies have the capacity to mitigate impacts of multiple global‐change drivers on below‐canopy processes and …
X Ke, D Huang, T Zhou, H Men - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green space (UGS) plays a critical role in promoting a sustainable development of urban ecology and improving inhabitants' well-beings. Equal access to UGS is vital for …
Urban warming affects many millions of city dwellers worldwide. The current study evaluated the extent to which trees reduce air and surface temperatures in urban settings across …
C Miao, X He, Z Gao, W Chen, BJ He - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Outdoor thermal comfort and air quality are two key aspects of urban environmental quality. Understanding the synergies between outdoor thermal comfort and air quality in urban street …
Urban planners and other stakeholders often view trees as the ultimate panacea for mitigating urban heat stress; however, their cooling efficacy varies globally and is influenced …
W Zhu, J Sun, C Yang, M Liu, X Xu, C Ji - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban parks have been proven to cool the surrounding environment, and can thus mitigate the urban heat island to an extent by forming a park cooling island. However, a …