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Advanced Research on the Urban Heat Island Effect and Climate

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1241

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Tao Luo

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School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: regional ecological and human processes; multi-sensory landscape cognition and experience mechanism; urbanization process and landscape evolution; landscape resource planning and management
Prof. Dr. Tingting Hong

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School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: resilient cities; emergency hedging; low-carbon city; urban and rural regional cultural landscapes
Dr. Jon Burley
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School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: environmental design; landscape architecture; urban ecology; environment and behavior; paysage statistical methods; urban evolution
* FASLA (Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects)
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Dear Colleagues,

Mitigating urban heat islands helps to effectively address global climate change and promotes sustainable urban development. Given the comprehensive nature of the urban heat island effect, exploratory research based on the integration of multidisciplinary theories and technical methods is a crucial approach for understanding its intensity variations and formation mechanisms, as well as for exploring its impacts on public health and socio-economic factors. The research topics in this area include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Urban Heat Island in the Context of Global Climate Change;
  2. Urban Heat Island and New Urbanization;
  3. Urban Heat Island and Eco-City Development;
  4. Urban Heat Island and Healthy City Development;
  5. Urban Heat Island and Livable City Development;
  6. Urban Heat Island and Smart City Development;
  7. Urban Heat Island and Resilient City Development.

By bringing together insights from academia, industry professionals, and policymakers, this research topic aims to propose more effective strategies for mitigating urban heat islands and addressing climate change from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Prof. Dr. Tao Luo
Prof. Dr. Tingting Hong
Dr. Jon Burley
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban heat island
  • climate change
  • new urbanization
  • eco-city
  • healthy city
  • livable city
  • smart city
  • climate adaptation
  • urban heat environment management

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Thermal Mitigation in Coastal Cities: Marine and Urban Morphology Effects on Land Surface Temperature in Xiamen
by Tingting Hong, Xiaohui Huang, Qinfei Lv, Suting Zhao, Zeyang Wang and Yuanchuan Yang
Buildings 2025, 15(7), 1170; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15071170 - 2 Apr 2025
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Amidst the rapid global urbanization and economic integration, coastal cities have undergone significant changes in urban spatial patterns. These changes have further worsened the complex urban thermal environment, making it crucial to study the interaction between human-driven development and natural climate systems. To [...] Read more.
Amidst the rapid global urbanization and economic integration, coastal cities have undergone significant changes in urban spatial patterns. These changes have further worsened the complex urban thermal environment, making it crucial to study the interaction between human-driven development and natural climate systems. To address the insufficient quantification of marine elements in the urban planning of subtropical coastal zones, this study takes Xiamen, a typical deep-water port city, as an example to construct a spatial analysis framework integrating marine boundary layer parameters. This research employs interpolation simulation, atmospheric correction, and other techniques to simulate the inversion of land use and Landsat 8 data, deriving urban morphological elements and Land Surface Temperature (LST) data. These data were then assigned to 500 m grids for analysis. A bivariate spatial auto-correlation model was applied to examine the relationship between urban carbon emission and LST. The study area was categorized based on the influence of marine factors, and the spatial relationships between urban morphological elements and LST were analyzed using a multiscale geographically weighted regression model. Three Xiamen-specific discoveries emerged: (1) the marine exerts a significant thermal mitigation effect on the city, with an average influence range of 7.94 km; (2) the relationship between urban morphology and the thermal environment exhibits notable spatial heterogeneity across different regions; and (3) to mitigate urban thermal environments, connected green corridors should be established in the southern coastal areas of outer districts in regions significantly influenced by the ocean. In areas with less marine influence, spatial complexity should be introduced by disrupting relatively intact blue–green spaces, while regions unaffected by the ocean should focus on increasing green spaces and reducing impervious surfaces and water bodies. These findings directly inform Xiamen’s 2035 Master Plan for combating heat island effects in coastal special economic zones, providing transferable metrics for similar maritime cities. Full article
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Response of Daytime Changes in Temperature and Humidity to Three-Dimensional Urban Morphology in Subtropical Residential Districts
by Ziyi Huang, Tao Luo, Jiemin Liu and Yao Qiu
Buildings 2025, 15(3), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15030312 - 21 Jan 2025
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The combination of global climate change and the urban heat island effect has given rise to a deterioration in the livability of residential districts within cities, posing challenges to enhancing the health quality of urban environments. Meanwhile, the intensification of daytime changes in [...] Read more.
The combination of global climate change and the urban heat island effect has given rise to a deterioration in the livability of residential districts within cities, posing challenges to enhancing the health quality of urban environments. Meanwhile, the intensification of daytime changes in temperature and humidity in residential districts has rendered the sensory representation of the urban heat island effect more pronounced. This study selects the residential districts in Fuzhou City as the research case area, which have witnessed a discernible warming trend in recent years, and acquires temperature and humidity parameter data at three time periods (early morning, noon, and evening) to represent the daytime temperature and humidity change phase. Through aerial photography and field research, three types of spatial morphological indicators (buildings I, vegetation II, and the combination of buildings and vegetation II) of residential districts are quantified to represent the three-dimensional spatial form of the case study area. The analysis results show the following: ➀ Residential districts experience two phases of daytime changes in temperature and humidity: a warming and drying phase (WDP) in the morning and a cooling and humidifying phase (CHP) in the afternoon. The characteristics of changes in temperature and humidity show a spatial correlation with each other. ➁ The impact of urban three-dimensional morphology on changes in temperature and humidity in WDP is minor, whereas, in CHP, it is influenced by Class II and Class III indicators. The two types of urban morphology exert a synergistic regulatory effect on changes in temperature and humidity. ➂ Vegetation has a significant regulatory effect on temperature and humidity variations in residential areas through changes in its three-dimensional form. Enlarging the area of individual trees while reducing their canopy volume can restrain the warming and dehumidification of residential districts and promote cooling and humidification. In contrast to only planting trees, a vegetation configuration combining trees, shrubs, and grass can bring a more obvious cooling effect to residential districts. The research results can provide a reference for urban planners in the planning and design of residential areas as well as the optimization and improvement of urban living environments. Full article
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