Nature-Based Solutions for Cooling in High-Density Neighbourhoods in Shenzhen: A Case Study of Baishizhou
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper approaches an interestig topic and has potential for contributing on the research literature.
There are however several key points that may be improved:
1. Highlight why the research is new and relevant, clarifying the scientific contribution at the literature in the field by defining the hypotheses that are being tested, elaborate the main research question and the main objective of your paper. Move the information on Envi Met from the Introduction section to Materials and methods section.
2. Material and methods should include a short description of Rhino7 and Grasshoper, to be understandable for any reader. Please explain more clear how you combined them with Envi met, why did you do this and how the results are better using this combination. This section should also include the information for Buildings 1 and Building 2
3. Results in Figures 9&11 are not explained
4. Discussion should include the discussion of the results and how they can be interpreted in perspective of previous studies and of the working hypotheses. The findings and their implications should be discussed in the broadest context possible and limitations of the work highlighted. Future research directions may also be mentioned. This section may be combined with Results.
5. Include limitations on the research
6. All paragraphs must be linked, connected and flow smoothly, contributing to the clear understanding of the paper.
7. Repetitions and typos in the text should be avoided, this is minor but important for the overall quality of the paper:
line 79, what do you mean? What is the urban village and how are you defining it? And why in line 96 you are stating that is a lack of exploring nature based strategies in Chinese high density neighbourhood? Are these neighbourhoods the urban villages?
Lines 83-84 – word is missing, same in the next sentence
line 143 – the word based;
Title of Figure 2.4. Orignial;
lines 156-158 information is repeated: 09 August 2019, duration of 24 hours;
line 277 – word typify.
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Reviewer 2 Report
1. Please indicate the justification of why an integrated 3D visualisation research method is needed in comparison to other approach
2. Any literature of nature-based solutions (NBS) that is relevant on the issue of population density. I suggest this aspect also being discussed in the findings or conclusion in order to put the context.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors improved the paper according to the recommendations. Its quality was improved. Good luck
