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Right tree, right place (urban canyon): Tree species selection approach for optimum urban heat mitigation - development and evaluation
Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo,Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo,Wanlu Ouyang,Kevin Ka-Lun Lau,Chao Ren,Edward Ng +5 more
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The proposed morphology-based tree selection approach was evaluated by comparison with two uninformed selection approaches in a realistic urban neighborhood in Hong Kong and clearly indicates the proposed approach's capability in improving human thermal comfort by up two times more than either of the other approaches.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2020-06-01. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban climate & Urban heat island.read more
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Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the potential of green infrastructure as a mitigation strategy, focusing on greenery on the ground (parks) and green vegetation on buildings (green roofs and green walls).
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A framework for addressing urban heat challenges and associated adaptive behavior by the public and the issue of willingness to pay for heat resilient infrastructure in Chongqing, China
Bao-Jie He,Dongxue Zhao,Ke Xiong,Jinda Qi,Giulia Ulpiani,Gloria Pignatta,Deo Prasad,Phillip John Jones +7 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated public participation in heat impact reduction by analyzing adaptive behaviours, familiarity with urban heat island (UHI) and cooling strategies, the perceived urgency of heat impact actions and citizen's willingness to pay through a questionnaire survey in Chongqing, China.
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Heat mitigation benefits of urban green and blue infrastructures: A systematic review of modeling techniques, validation and scenario simulation in ENVI-met V4
TL;DR: A comprehensive review was conducted on GBI-targeted studies enlisting ENVI-met as the primary tool, providing researchers with an overview of the ENvi-met methodology and recommendations to refine research on G BI thermal effects.
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IoT monitoring of urban tree ecosystem services: Possibilities and challenges
Victor Matasov,Luca Belelli Marchesini,Alexey Yaroslavtsev,Giovanna Sala,Giovanna Sala,Olga Fareeva,Ivan Seregin,Simona Castaldi,Simona Castaldi,Viacheslav Vasenev,Riccardo Valentini,Riccardo Valentini +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a network of wireless, low cost, and multiparameter monitoring devices, which operate using Internet of Things (IoT) technology, to provide realtime monitoring of regulatory ecosystem services in the form of meaningful indicators for both human health and environmental policies.
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50 Grades of Shade
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted hourly transects in Tempe, Arizona with the mobile human-biometeorological station MaRTy on hot summer days to quantify the efficacy of various shade types.
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City size and the urban heat island
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the relationship existing between the size of a village, town or city and the magnitude of the urban heat island it produces by analyzing data gathered by automobile traverses in 10 settlements on the St. Lawrence Lowland, whose populations range from 1000 to 2 million inhabitants.
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Street design and urban canopy layer climate
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the results of recent urban canyon field studies and of scale and mathematical modelling to find a range of canyon geometries that are compatible with the apparently conflicting design objectives of mid-latitude cities.
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Simulating surface–plant–air interactions inside urban environments with a three dimensional numerical model
Michael Bruse,Heribert Fleer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the microscale numerical simulation of surface-plant-air interactions inside urban structures, especially the feedback between artificial surfaces like buildings and vegetation inside street canyons, backyards or greens.
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Numerical study on the effects of aspect ratio and orientation of an urban street canyon on outdoor thermal comfort in hot and dry climate
Fazia Ali-Toudert,Helmut Mayer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the contribution of street design, i.e. aspect ratio (or height-to-width ratio, H / W ) and solar orientation, towards the development of a comfortable microclimate at street level for pedestrians is discussed.