The local climate zone (LCZ) system provides a universal classification mechanism for
urban and natural landscapes and plays an increasingly important role in urban climate …

Cities are constantly evolving and so are the living conditions within and between them.
Rapid urbanization and the ever-growing need for housing have turned large areas of many …

There is a scientific consensus on the need for spatially detailed information on urban
landscapes at a global scale. These data can support a range of environmental services …

The ubiquitous nature of satellite data has led to an explosion of studies on the surface
urban heat island (SUHI). Relatively few have simultaneously used air temperature …

Since their introduction in 2012, Local Climate Zones (LCZs) emerged as a new standard for
characterizing urban landscapes, providing a holistic classification approach that takes into …

The concept of local climate zones (LCZ) has emerged to identify the nature of urban
climate, air quality, and temperature at local levels. Thus, this study reviews the literature on …

The impacts of climate change such as extreme heat waves are exacerbated in cities where
most of the world's population live. Quantifying urbanization impacts on ambient air …

Abstract The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) project has grown
out of the need for better information on the form and function of cities globally. Cities are …

Atmospheric and surface urban heat islands (UHI) originate from common energetic
processes, but the status of scientific knowledge on their time evolution is highly disparate …

Cities are major drivers of environmental change at all scales and are especially at risk from
the ensuing effects, which include poor air quality, flooding and heat waves. Typically, these …