Increasingly people, especially those residing in urban areas with the urban heat island
effect, are getting exposed to extreme heat due to ongoing global warming. A number of …

Abstract As Accra, Ghana's capital city, expands at an unprecedented rate, the fragmentation
and loss of natural and semi-natural ecosystems may be the greatest challenge to achieving …

With the rapid development of urbanization, land transfer has become a significant part of
urban development. This article builds a comprehensive evaluation system to quantify the …

Existing knowledge on the impact of built environment (BE) on route choice behaviour is
doubtful due to an unresolved tension between two schools of thought. One represented BE …

Understanding the relationship between land use/land cover (LULC) and land surface
temperature (LST) has long been an area of interest in urban and environmental study …

The positive effects of urban green spaces on physical and mental health of urban residents
have been widely documented. These studies, however, mainly focused their empirical …

Tree planting practices are being increasingly advocated as measures to improve the air
and living quality in urban landscapes around the world. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of …

Blue and green spaces contribute to the quality of cities in various ways—ranging from
providing air corridors and visual amenities to positively affecting public psychological …

Kuala Lumpur, as one of the fastest growing cities in the world, is facing significant negative
impacts on its urban ecosystem services (UESs) due to rapid urbanization. Among the …

Aim Availability of and accessibility to health services are critical factors to maintain the
wellbeing of any society. This study aims to investigate the spatial patterns and accessibility …