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Artificial intelligence for predicting urban heat island effect and optimising land use/land cover for mitigation: Prospects and recent advancements Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Omar Y.A. Mohamed, Izni Zahidi
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Spatial modelling of street-level carbon emissions with multi-source open data: A case study of Guangzhou Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Yingsheng Zheng, Wenjie Li, Lu Jiang, Chao Yuan, Te Xiao, Ran Wang, Meng Cai, Haobin Hong
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Urban heat and pollution island in the Moscow megacity: Urban environmental compartments and their interactions Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Nikolay Kasimov, Sergey Chalov, Natalia Chubarova, Natalia Kosheleva, Olga Popovicheva, Natalia Shartova, Viktor Stepanenko, Elizaveta Androsova, Marina Chichaeva, Oxana Erina, Alexander Kirsanov, Roman Kovach, Boris Revich, Galina Shinkareva, Maria Tereshina, Mikhail Varentsov, Jessica Vasil'chuk, Dmitrii Vlasov, Irina Denisova, Tatiana Minkina
Cities are highly interconnected systems where specific interactions between various urban environments occur due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Pollution Island (UPI) effects. Four compartments of the environment (atmospheric air, road dust, streamflow, and people) are discussed for Moscow city. Long-term meteorological, radiative, air quality, and precipitation measurements, the non-hydrostatic
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The thermal perception of outdoor urban spaces in a hot arid climate: A structural equation modelling (SEM) approach Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Mohamed H. Elnabawi, Elmira Jamei
Human thermal comfort is linked to multi-sensory attributes and psychological cognition besides the influence of prominent meteorological parameters. To date, even the most advanced thermal comfort models like UTCI consider the interaction between human and external surroundings to be a heat transfer problem applying thermodynamic equations in the derivation behind thermal comfort indices. Machine
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Optimal low-impact development Facility Design in Urban Environments: A multidimensional optimization approach employing slime mould and nondominated sorting genetic algorithms Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Mehrtash Eskandaripour, Shahrokh Soltaninia
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Multi-factor PM2.5 concentration optimization prediction model based on decomposition and integration. Urban Climate Volume 55, April 2024, Article Number: 101916, Page Numbers: 1–29 Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Hong Yang, Wenqian Wang, Guohui Li
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Impacts of urban heat island intensities on a bifurcating thunderstorm over Beijing Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Jingjing Dou, Robert Bornstein, Jianning Sun, Shiguang Miao
To gain the insight into the impacts of different urban thermal conditions on precipitation, a series of simulations that modified the surface sensible heat from building is performed during a thunderstorm passage over Beijing. The UHI intensity changed from 0.8 to 2.2 °C with the increase sensible heat. Results showed that: (i) Under weak UHI conditions (≤1.4 °C), it is the urban dynamical effect
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An ensemble deep learning approach to spatiotemporal tropospheric ozone forecasting: A case study of Tehran, Iran Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Mostafa Rezaali, Mohammad Sina Jahangir, Reza Fouladi-Fard, David Keellings
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A novel spatial disaggregation model of vehicle emission inventory Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Haixia Feng, Xingyu Wang, Qiang Jia, Maoxin Zhu
An accurate spatial disaggregation method is crucial to ensure the accuracy of gridding vehicle emissions inventories. In the present study, we proposed a novel spatial disaggregation model that combines standard road length with aerosol optical depth (AOD) remote sensing data. Qingdao, a typical coastal city in China, was selected as the study area. We used the new model to obtain a gridded vehicle
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Inequality of exposure to PM2.5 and ozone among age groups and cities in Japan in 2030 and 2050 Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Zhiheng Chen, Lie Sun, Liqiao Huang, Yang Xie, Shixing Yang, Lu Sun, Jinjun Xue, Fei Yan
Global air pollution levels have increased in recent years, posing major health challenges. Although there is already evidence that residents of large cities and vulnerable groups such as the elderly and children are at higher risk of exposure to air pollution, there is a need to expand new perceptions in the face of a new phase of urbanization and demographic change in the future. In the face of population
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Real-world black carbon emissions of gasoline vehicles at urban intersections Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Xin Wang, Zhaowen Qiu, Zhen Liu, Ling Liu
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Examining thermal inequities: Land surface temperature, social vulnerability, and historical redlining in San Antonio, TX Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Farzad Hashemi, Mahsa Adib
Rising urban temperatures significantly impact human health, with their effects varying across socio-economic groups. With a focus on San Antonio, Texas, during its notably intense summer heat in 2023, this research explores the intricate relationship between urban heat and social vulnerability. Through the analysis of Land Surface Temperature (LST) data from Landsat 8 data, captured during three exceptionally
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A hybrid method for assessing the city emission status toward carbon peak Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Jianhui Ruan, Ziyu Qin, Shuangyue Qian, Mingyu Li, Min Jia, Li Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Shuying Zhu, Hanying Jiang, Bofeng Cai, Shouyang Wang, Ling Tang
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On the future evolution of heatwaves in French cities and associated rural areas: Insights from a convection-permitting model Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Y. Michau, A. Lemonsu, P. Lucas-Picher, M. Schneider, C. Caillaud
Urban areas are currently vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather events. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of such events, including heatwaves (HWs), on which we are focusing. Our aim is to quantify how the exposure to HWs will evolve with climate change and its impact on populations. We take advantage of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting scale (2.5-km) simulations coupled
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Evaluating the role of city representation in modelling the urban precipitation effect of Kuala Lumpur Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Chiara Ghielmini, Francesco S.R. Pausata, Daniel Argüeso, Matthias Demuzere, Razib Vhuiyan
Urbanization of Earth's land surface is one of the most impactful human interactions on the global ecosystem. Urban land cover substantially alters the transfer of heat, moisture, momentum, and aerosols between the surface and the atmosphere. These surface modifications are the first link in a complex process sequence that causes changes in clouds and precipitation, the so-called urban precipitation
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Effect of emission variability on concentration fluctuations in idealised deep urban street canyons Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Sofia Fellini, Pietro Salizzoni, Luca Ridolfi
The level of air pollution in a street canyon depends on the non-trivial interplay between vehicular exhaust emissions, atmospheric transport, and physico-chemical transformation of pollutants. In this study, we investigate the temporal dynamics of air pollutant concentration in a deep street canyon orthogonal to the wind direction using a two-box model. Simulations provide insights into both steady-state
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Assessment of daytime and nighttime surface urban heat islands across local climate zones – A case study in Florianópolis, Brazil Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Bruno Rech, Rodrigo Nehara Moreira, Tiago Augusto Gonçalves Mello, Tomáš Klouček, Jan Komárek
Affected air movement, artificial heat production, increased solar absorption and suppressed vegetation cause significant temperature differences between urban and suburban/rural regions, forming Surface Urban Heat Islands (SUHI). Here, we propose a methodological framework combining daytime and nighttime Landsat 8 data with comprehensive statistical evaluation based on the retrieved information. To
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Impact of spatial layout on vertical wind conditions and comfort levels in high-rise residential buildings in Shenzhen Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Di Song, Ming Lu, Jun Xing
Urban residential areas' rational spatial height distribution plays a crucial role in achieving a more balanced wind speed distribution, smoother air exchange, and improved space comfort. This study used Shenzhen as a representative city to analyse the effect of high-rise residential building layouts on vertical ventilation. Nine typical height-layout schemes were determined within an area of 220 × 200 m
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Detect urban trees air pollution sensitivity & tolerance by leaf trait analysis in the industrial zone of Kumaun Himalaya Uttarakhand India Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Hema Kandpal, J.P.N. Rai
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Utilizing periodic boundary conditions to save computational resources for assessing building natural ventilation in urban areas Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Yujie Zhao, Xuelin Zhang, Hong Ling, Shiguo Jia, Xueying Yang, Yifei Zhang, Bo Zhao, Jiajia Hua
For the first time in literature, we innovatively conducted CFD simulations with periodic boundary conditions to predict coupled indoor-outdoor airflows for a full-scale 3D six-floor residential building unit in urban areas with uniformly building clusters. A few influencing parameters on building ventilation performance are comprehensively analyzed, including the impacts of the surrounding buildings
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How does digital economy empower pollution mitigation and carbon reduction? Evidence from Chinese cities Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Jun Zhao, Yuying Wang, Yalin Lei, Hongyun Huang
Achieving synergies in pollution mitigation and carbon reduction (PMCR) in Chinese cities is the overall lever to facilitate the comprehensive green transition in socio-economic development. As the catalyst of the information age, the impact of digital economy on urban PMCR needs to be explored. Thus, using 288 cities from 2006 to 2019 as a sample, this study examines the influence of the digital economy
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Distribution of ozone, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen over an urban location in the foothills of the North-Western Himalayas Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Shuchita Srivastava, Sibu Behera, Debashis Mitra
Increasing anthropogenic activities and biomass burning events over the Northern Indian region severely affect the pristine environment of North-Western Himalayas. To investigate their influence in this data sparse region, continuous monitoring of O, CO and NO are made during January 2018 to December 2019 over Dehradun, an urban location in the foothills of North-western Himalayas. Ozone shows daytime
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Study on visibility forecast optimization based on aerosol- meteorological feedbacks in wet conditions Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Xin Zhang, Yue Wang, Chengduo Yuan, Zibo Zhuang
To quantitatively express the influence of aerosol meteorological feedback on the visibility prediction deviation, especially for the large deviation in the high humidity environment, a visibility prediction method considering aerosol meteorological feedback is proposed in this paper. First, WRF-Chem model is set up in three sensitivity tests with or without aerosol meteorological feedback. Then, the
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Improving the atmospheric dispersion forecasts over Washington, D.C. using UrbanNet observations: A study with HYSPLIT model Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Nebila Lichiheb, Fong Ngan, Mark Cohen
UrbanNet data have been used to enhance the predictions of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model through observational nudging to improve temperature and wind predictions. HYSPLIT was utilized to understand the impact of using the observationally nudged WRF fields in dispersion modeling. The meteorological observations collected from the National Weather Service monitoring stations located
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Spatial synergistic effect of urban green space ecosystem on air pollution and heat island effect Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Li Han, Ruijun Zhang, Junqi Wang, Shi-Jie Cao
It is crucial for urban greening studies to comprehend the spatial synergy effect of the urban green space ecosystem on air pollution and the heat island effect. However, there are limited studies that have considered the impact of green space ecosystems on different air pollutants and urban heat island effects across different seasons from an urban space perspective. Therefore, this study took an
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A comprehensive AHP numerical module for assessing resilience of Kabul City to flood hazards Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Hayatullah Mushwani, Mujib Rahman Ahmadzai, Hayatu Ullah, Mohammad Samim Baheer, Sharifullah Peroz
The present study aimed to assess the resilience of Kabul City, Afghanistan, towards flood hazards, using the AHP numerical module. The study utilized a mixed-methods approach, including secondary data, a questionnaire survey, AHP analysis and GIS. The findings revealed limited community awareness (55.7% of the respondents were aware of the hazard while only 31.3% were well-informed) and participation
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How virtuous are the bias corrected CMIP6 models in the simulation of heatwave over different meteorological subdivisions of India? Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Saumya Singh, R.K. Mall, Praveen K. Singh, R. Bhatla, Pawan K. Chaubey
With rising global temperatures, extreme weather events have become more frequent, intense and of longer duration. CMIP6 GCMs provide improved climate simulations that need robust evaluation for historical period for reliable future projections. The present study assesses the ability of bias corrected CMIP6 14 Global Climate Models (GCMs) in simulating heat wave over India for March–June during the
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Quantifying the spatial aggregation bias of urban heat data Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Esteban López Ochoa, Kristen Brown, Ryun Jung Lee, Wei Zhai
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Do population-related factors matter for carbon emissions? Lessons from different income groups of countries Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Robert Becker Pickson, Peng Gui, Lirong Jian, Elliot Boateng
In an era of rising global population and urbanisation, understanding demographic shifts and CO emissions dynamics has become crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 13. This study employs robust econometric procedures to investigate population-related factors influencing CO emissions across countries with varying income levels from 1993Q1 to 2018Q4. Our empirical findings
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Characterizing urban GHG emissions based on land-use change—A case of Airport New City Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Wanchen Liu, Lu Sun, Zhaoling Li, Duo Xu, Fufu Wang, Dian Zhou, Xiangzhao Meng, Yupeng Wang
Measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across different types of land is essential for urban planning during the transition to low-carbon cities. Urban land identification, based on remote sensing images and points of interest (POIs), has the potential to narrow down the statistical unit, helping achieve spatial visualization of GHG emissions below the city level and distinguish emission characteristics
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Energy savings in buildings applying ASHRAE 55 and regional adaptive thermal comfort models Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 David Bienvenido-Huertas, Daniel Sánchez-García, Blanca Tejedor, Carlos Rubio-Bellido
The building sector plays an important role in energy performance and energy poverty. Decarbonization policies aims to reducing the energy consumption of the built environment, especially using HVAC systems better. Some studies have adopted adaptive thermal comfort models to increase energy savings in winter and summer. However, applying models based on international standards could overestimate setpoint
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The governance of climate adaptation in metropolitan regions: A systematic review of emerging themes and issues Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Margherita Gori Nocentini
Adaptation to climate change is increasingly part of urban policy agendas around the world. Most research has focused on municipal-level adaptation, while less is known about processes carried out at the metropolitan scale. This systematic review aims to identify the main themes emerging from the literature on climate adaptation governance in metropolitan areas, discussing their relevance in the context
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Quantifying high-resolution carbon emissions driven by land use change in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Yanpeng Cai, Shenglan Su, Pan Zhang, Ming Chen, Yongyang Wang, Yulei Xie, Qian Tan
Accurate research on carbon emission spatial distribution is vital for achieving carbon neutrality. Previous studies suffered from scale effects, demanding enhanced resolution. This study collected and computed land use carbon emission data for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). It also introduced a novel method to downscale this data into 30 m raster format using night light and
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Decoupling government spending from carbon emissions: A spatio-temporal analysis of 283 Chinese cities Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Hao Feng, Yuehan Yu, Rong Yuan
A comprehensive evaluation of government spending efficiency and its connection to emissions reduction is vital for sustainable green economic progress. However, the precise nature of the decoupling relationship between carbon emissions and government spending at the city level remains uncertain. Here, using the panel data from 283 cities covering the period from 2007 to 2020, we employ diverse methodologies
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Unravelling regional development through the production-living-ecological perspective: Assessing heterogeneity and expert insights Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Wanhao Zhang, Qiong Yuan, Helen Cai
This study delves into the spatial heterogeneity of Production-Living-Ecological Spaces (PLES) at the township scale in Zhejiang, China. By leveraging a comprehensive array of spatial data and advanced analytical methods, we uncover distinct patterns and variations within these spaces. Our analysis brings to light the complex interactions between human activities, land use, and ecological factors in
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Climate walking and linear mixed model statistics for the seasonal outdoor thermophysiological comfort assessment in Lisbon Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Tiago Silva, Cláudia Reis, Diogo Braz, João Vasconcelos, António Lopes
To measure urban outdoor pedestrian thermophysiological comfort mobile roving missions were conducted in all seasons of the year during the day and at night. Six routes were chosen, representing areas of the city with varying urban morphological layouts. The thermal comfort conditions were analysed using the Local Climate Zone spatial scale. This enabled the identification of typologies of areas where
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Pollutants and weathering compounds on medieval bricks of historic buildings from Brasov (Transylvania, Romania) Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Alexandru Bogdan, Lorena Aliana Cioban, Dana Maria Copolovici, Dorina Chambre, Lucian Copolovici
Urban pollution significantly influences historic building preservation via chemical, physical, and biological processes. To plan heritage structure restoration, we must study fired brick mineralogy and its correlation with firing temperature. We must also examine how atmospheric pollutants have affected surface composition over time. This study analyzes medieval bricks from seven medieval buildings
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Design rainfalls under climate change scenarios in South East Queensland, Australia: A Brisbane River case study Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Marcos Abilio Medeiros de Saboia, Fernanda Helfer
This study updates design rainfalls for the Brisbane River Basin, Australia, employing rainfall data from eight CMIP5 General Circulation Models (GCMs) across two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) and four future timeframes (2016–2045, 2036–2065, 2056–2085, and 2075–2104), totalling 64 climate futures. Future design rainfalls were computed for Annual Exceedance Probabilities
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Driving toward sustainable cities: The interplay between Chinese emerging corporate ESG performance and climate finance in achieving low-carbon development Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Muxin Liu, Changyou Xia, Hailin Lan, Zhihao Gao, Xiaojie Yu, Li Wang, Xi Liang, Yi Wu
Climate finance plays a pivotal role in directing increased capital flow toward climate change mitigation and adaptation activities. Many emerging enterprises have grown rapidly under the influence of climate finance policies, contributing to urban low-carbon transition. Therefore, it is important to explore the interrelationships between climate finance, enterprise low-carbon transformations, and
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Multi-factor PM2.5 concentration optimization prediction model based on decomposition and integration Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Hong Yang, Wenqian Wang, Guohui Li
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Numerical modeling of the distinct urbanization impact over Singapore during two contrasting weather scenarios Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jagabandhu Panda, Tieh-Yong Koh, Asmita Mukherjee, Xian-Xiang Li, Leslie K. Norford
Urban growth over Singapore is noticeable with increase in built-up area and significant sprawling with more than two-fold growth. Effects of urbanization patterns are investigated in two scenarios named as dry and wet, during the inter-monsoon period under high convective and low advection conditions. Weather Research and Forecasting model has been used with a finer resolution. Urban effects have
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A systematic and bibliometric review of bioretention system (BRS) for urban ecosystem regulation services Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Jin Su, Mo Wang, Dongqing Zhang, Chuanhao Sun, Xiaolong Zhao, Mohd Adib Bin Mohammad Razi
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Evaluating impacting factors of economic resilience across major Japan port cities Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Lie Sun, Zhiheng Chen, Yifan Li, Tomoya Kawasaki
Japan relies heavily on its port cities for global economic integration and societal support, given its extensive coastline. These ports handle most of the country’s imports, including the majority of its energy needs and more than half of its food requirements, being pivotal in urban economic resilience and sustainability. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, posed severe challenges to these ports by disrupting
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Effect of glazing on the indoor environment in a lift-up canteen Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Dongjin Cui, Yuning Lou, Yaxing Du, Lei Yuan, Cheuk Ming Mak
As one of the typical architectural features in hot and humid regions, the lift-up design can provide effective shading and sufficient pedestrian-level ventilation, which is favorable for building functions that require natural ventilation, such as the canteen. However, it is unknown whether the thermal environment and air quality of lift-up areas meets the indoor environment requirements along with
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Identifying the mechanisms by which irrigation can cool urban green spaces in summer Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Pui Kwan Cheung, Naika Meili, Kerry A. Nice, Stephen J. Livesley
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emission interferes with real-time regulatory monitoring of ozone in urban atmosphere Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Xiaoguang Wang, Ke Hu, Yanfen Hao, Yongguang Yin, Jing Xu, Yuanhao Li, Fengjie Chen, Bolei Chen, Lufeng Chen, Qijie Li, Qiongyu Liu, Huiping Cai, Yong Liang, Pu Wang, Shengwen Liang
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Energy and environment: How could energy-consuming transition promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon emission reduction in China? Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Dongri Han, Caifeng Bi, Hongshuang Wu, Ping Hao
In order to attain the mutually reinforcing advantages of pollution reduction and carbon emissions, it is imperative to give precedence to the prevention and control of carbon pollution from its source, hence promoting a forward-thinking approach to governance. Hence, there is an urgent need for theoretical explanation and empirical verification to determine whether the energy-consuming right trading
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Development of emission inventory for air quality assessment and mitigation strategies over most populous Indian megacity, Mumbai Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Poonam Mangaraj, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig
Megacity Mumbai is a non-attainment city designated under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) of the Government of India, where the identification of exact sources responsible for air quality issues remains unclarified. In the present work, an effort has been made to develop an ultra-fine resolution (∼400mt × ∼400mt) emission inventory by including micro-level activity data for both organized and
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Observational evidence for dynamic effect of cropland form on ozone in China Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Zemin Xiao, Li Yu, Yonglin Shen, Ka Lok Chan, Ling Yao, Chenghu Zhou
Ozone (O) is the primary pollutant reducing crop yields in China. The variations in Land use and cover change (LUCC) have an impact on air quality. In this study, based on the panel data of 2745 counties across China from 2013 to 2017, the North China Plain and the Northeast Plain were selected. A spatial Durbin model (SDM) was used to assess and compare the dynamic effects of cropland form on O concentration
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Effect of green blue spaces on the urban thermal environment: A field study in Hong Kong Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Xuan Chen, Han Wang, Jiachuan Yang
This study employed handheld devices to evaluate the effect of green blue spaces on urban thermal environment in Hong Kong during hot and humid seasons. We sampled five urban parks and five seafront promenade parks twelve times each over two years. Measurement data revealed that green spaces had lower air temperature (T) than urban areas, especially at night, with a cooling effect of 0.17 °C to 0.88 °C
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Investigation into the outdoor thermal comfort on different urban underlying surfaces Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Zhaosong Fang, Fuyu Zhang, Zhisheng Guo, Zhimin Zheng, Xiwen Feng
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Differentiated influences of atmospheric dryness on urban plant cooling effect between temperate and tropical/subtropical zones Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Wenting Yan, Yongxian Su, Jing Zhang, Chaoqun Zhang, Liyang Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Raffaele Lafortezza
Atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is a critical variable related to water flux that may either promote or limit plant evapotranspiration under different conditions, consequentially, influencing the effect of urban vegetation on mitigating urban heat island. However, how VPD influence the cooling effect of urban vegetation in different climate zones, have not been examined to date. Here, we combined
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Spatial-temporal modeling of the relationship between surface temperature and air temperature in metropolitan urban systems Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Madeline Scolio, Peleg Kremer, Yimin Zhang, Kabindra M. Shakya
Research about urban local climate and urban heat island often relies on land surface temperature (LST) data to characterize the distribution of temperature near the surface. Although using remotely sensed data for such work has the advantage of continuous spatial coverage at regular temporal intervals, it is recognized that surface temperature is not an ideal proxy for air temperature (AT). This study's
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Estimation of expressway carbon emissions and simulation of policies based on OTC data: A case study of Guangdong, China Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Yuanjun Li, Qitao Wu, Yuanting Li, Yunhao Yang, Hailing Wu, Yong Sun
Road transport has the highest carbon emissions of all transport modalities. However, the types of vehicles with high emissions on expressways have not been clarified, and spatiotemporal analyses of carbon emissions are relatively imprecise. To address these problems, high-precision data and the “bottom-up” carbon-emission method were used to construct an expressway emission estimation model. This
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Forecast urban ecosystem services to track climate change: Combining machine learning and emergy spatial analysis Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Gengyuan Liu, Fanxin Meng, Xiaoxiao Huang, Yang Han, Yu Chen, Zhaoman Huo, Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka, Qing Yang
It is important to simulate urban ecosystem services and provide guidance for their conservation and management under complex scenarios. We developed software for the rapid computation of ecosystem services based on emergy spatial analysis, machine learning, and the DLUCP model to predict the precipitation based on climate change and land use changes in five Chinese cities. The LSTM model is used to
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ENVI-met model performance evaluation for courtyard simulations in hot-humid climates Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Shuang Liu, Ariane Middel, Xiaoshan Fang, Renzhi Wu
Courtyards are effective passive cooling features in the built environment, especially in hot-humid climates. The microclimate model ENVI-met has frequently been used to simulate how courtyard design impacts human thermal comfort. Yet, few studies have assessed model accuracy using different settings, especially in light of recent model upgrades for radiative fluxes. Additional research is required
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Flood vulnerability mapping and local mitigation strategies: The case of Adama City, Ethiopia Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Sitotaw Haile Erena, R. Uttama Reddy, Mesfin Alemu Wodnimu, Asfaw Mohamed
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Urban heat island in Warsaw (Poland): Current development and projections for 2050 Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Magdalena Kuchcik, Kaja Czarnecka, Krzysztof Błażejczyk
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Surface urban heat island in Budapest during heat waves and droughts - comparing the summers of 2003, 2007 and 2022 Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Zsuzsanna Dezső, Rita Pongrácz, Judit Bartholy
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The impact of transnational municipal networks on local energy consumption Urban Clim. (IF 6.4) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Minsu Kim, Sun-Jin Yun