Rapid urbanization has made urban space thermal environment (USTE) problems increasingly prominent. USTE research is important for improving urban ecological environment and building energy consumption. Most studies on USTE research progress have foc...
Urban areas in arid environments are increasingly affected by the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which intensifies thermal stress, disrupts ecological balance, and poses challenges for sustainable urban development. Understanding and predicting spat...
This study analyses the influence of three-dimensional (3D) urban form on intra-urban thermal variability and its long-term evolution in Zagreb, Croatia. The research focuses on four residential districts (Špansko sjever, Dugave, Laništ...
Many studies have revealed the characteristics and spatial-temporal dynamics of the thermal environment in specific cities or urban agglomerations (UA), as well as the associated determining factors. However, few studies focus on the changing relatio...
Urban growth and development has significantly affected urban heat island (UHI) due to urbanization. Particularly in the cities in developing countries, the assessment of UHI has emerged as one of the core research themes as it significantly affects...
Urban heat intensification is an increasing concern in rapidly urbanizing arid cities, where extreme climatic conditions intersect with expansive urban growth. This study examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban thermal patterns in the Doha metr...
Improving microclimate conditions is a pivotal aspect of urban design, particularly in hot, arid climates, where it directly influences outdoor comfort, mitigates the urban heat island (UHI) effect, and reduces the indoor cooling energy demand. The o...
This paper focuses on the analysis of long-term land surface temperature (LST) dynamics and land-use changes in the city of Košice, Slovakia, during the period 1985–2025. The analysis is based on multi-temporal Landsat satellite imagery...
Rising temperatures within the urban context, as a result of climate change and the Urban Heat Island effect, have deteriorated thermal comfort conditions in outdoor urban spaces, especially during hot, Mediterranean summer days. This study investiga...
Microscale urban meteorological models have been widely used in interpreting atmospheric flow and thermal discomfort in urban environments, but most previous studies examined the urban flow and thermal environments for an idealized urban morphology w...
Urban heat stress and deteriorating air quality are environmental risks in semi-arid cities, positioning urban forests as vital nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. Despite growing recognition of urban greening imperatives, South Africa&rsq...
Mitigating heat stress in high-density historical districts remains a critical challenge in urban renewal due to complex morphological heterogeneity. Existing research often relies on isolated intervention measures, lacking systematic, multi-strategy...
Rapid urbanization in semi-arid heritage cities is accelerating land use/land cover (LULC) transitions, with critical implications for local climate regulation, surface energy balance, and environmental sustainability. This study investigates Jaipur,...
The intensification of extreme temperature events driven by climate change has heightened the vulnerability of urban areas to heatwaves, making it a critical environmental challenge. In this study, we investigate the spatial characteristics of urban...
Considering the impacts of climate change on the goal of obtaining sustainable and healthier cities, this research aimed to analyze and assess the impact of different urban forms with different trees densities on the dynamic physiological equivalent...
Achieving urban sustainability is a complex process that includes improving buildings’ resilience and energy efficiency by using the optimum thermal insulation solution. With the advent of new energy restrictions, it is very important to find t...
In the context of global climate change, lightning disasters have emerged as a serious environmental factor that restricts the sustainable development of megacities. This paper provides a review of the research on the impact of urbanization on thunde...
Urbanization and changes in microclimate have negative impacts on outdoor thermal comfort, making urban design more important. This study aims to improve outdoor thermal comfort in a local climate zone (LCZ) in Dubai using computational fluid dynamic...
Urbanization is exacerbating heat islands, causing adverse effects on life and health, including thermal stress. This highlights the importance of using natural resources for thermal regulation, particularly through historically employed passive stra...
Urban heat islands (UHIs) pose escalating threats to public health and thermal comfort in dense urban environments. However, physics-based evaluations of material-specific cooling interventions and their integration into operational digital twin plat...
Convective heat transfer coefficients for external building surfaces are essential in building energy simulation (BES) to calculate convective heat gains and losses from building facades and roofs to the environment. These coefficients are complex fu...
Urban areas consist of various land cover types, with a high proportion of artificial surfaces among them. This leads to unfavorable thermal environments in urban areas. Continuous research on the thermal environment, specifically on the sensible hea...
The human population is increasing. The ongoing urbanization process, in conjunction with climate change, is causing larger environmental footprints. Consequently, quality of life in urban systems worldwide is under immense pressure. Here, the season...
The impact of urbanization and the sensitivity of urban canopy parameters (UCPs) on a typical summer rainfall event in Hangzhou, China, is investigated using three groups of ensemble experiments. In this case, urbanization leads to higher temperature...
Rapid urbanization in China has exacerbated the dual challenges of urban heat islands (UHIs) and air pollution, threatening urban sustainability. We conducted a national-scale analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics and synergy between the surface UH...
In this study, localised and non-uniform urban morphology (UM) and urban fraction (UF) parameters are implemented in a single-layer urban canopy scheme in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) mesoscale meteorological model. The purpose of this...
Rapid urbanization in the Yellow River Basin intensifies the conflict between urban expansion and the thermal environment, threatening ecological security and sustainable development. Utilizing multi-source data (2000–2023) including nighttime...
Optimizing urban patterns is increasingly recognized as an effective technological strategy to mitigate the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Taking Xiamen City as a case study, this research extracts and quantifies city spatial characteristics from mu...
Variations in urban form lead to the development of distinctive intra-urban surface thermal patterns. Previous assessment of the relation between urban structure and satellite-based Land Surface Temperature (LST) has generally been limited to single-...
To evaluate the application potential of convolutional neural network (CNN)-based Local Climate Zone (LCZ) mapping in urban thermal environment studies, this study employed a lightweight convolutional neural network model (Light-model) to classify LC...
Dependence on air-conditioning (AC) for residential cooling and ventilation is a health and sustainability challenge. In hot temperatures, climate-sensitive buildings (CSB) can complement and/or substitute for AC usage in achieving thermal comfort. M...
As climate change intensifies the frequency and severity of urban heatwaves, elderly populations are becoming increasingly vulnerable to outdoor thermal stress, particularly in dense Mediterranean cities. This study addresses the critical need for mi...
Green roofs are effective passive strategies for enhancing building energy efficiency and indoor thermal comfort, particularly in response to climate change. This study presents an experimental and numerical assessment of an ultra-lightweight, soil-f...
1960s Europe saw a large number of residential neighborhoods built to house those migrating from the countryside. Today, more than 50 years later, these neighborhoods suffer high levels of functional, social, and technical obsolescence. In response t...
Changes in land use patterns due to urbanisation impact local weather patterns by influencing Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs). Despite rapid urbanisation in the Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region), the peri-urban fringes of Haryana, such as the Cent...
This study used high-resolution remote-sensing technology and CFD models to carry out a simulation study of a three-dimensional (3D) USTE for daytime and nighttime at a block scale. Firstly, the influence of vegetation with different spatial layouts...
This study investigates the impact of small water bodies on outdoor temperatures in their vicinity, using a campus located in the subtropical region of Taichung City, Taiwan, as the research subject. By employing on-site measurements and Computationa...
Rapid urbanization is reshaping thermal environments worldwide, with the strongest impacts occurring at the interface between urban and non-urban areas. Impervious surfaces, as key indicators of urban expansion, are critical for monitoring urban grow...
Urban thermal environments critically impact human settlements and sustainable urban development. In this study, a multi-index framework integrating Landsat TM/ETM+/OLI observations (2004–2019) is developed to quantify the contributions of &ldq...
This paper presents a new methodological approach for analysing the impacts of climate change on the urban habitat and improving the quality of life for citizens. The study falls within the diagnostic phase of the Climate Change and Urban Health Resi...
Rapid urbanization combined with global climate change is intensifying the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) effect worldwide, posing significant risks to human health, thermal comfort, and quality of life in cities. Characterized by notably higher te...
As we navigate the fast-paced era of urban expansion, the integration of machine learning (ML) and remote sensing (RS) has become a cornerstone in environmental management. This research, focusing on Silchar City, a non-attainment city under the Nati...
The urban heat island (UHI) effect, where urban areas experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural regions, necessitates effective monitoring to estimate and address its diverse impacts. Many existing studies on urban heat dynamics rely on s...
The thermal and optical behavior of different elements in the urban environment is critical for urban climate regulation and planning. This study investigates the micrometeorological conditions prevailing in an urban green space (UGS) in Greece, duri...
Rapid urbanisation in tropical megacities intensifies urban heat islands, especially during summer. Peri-urban wetlands help combat surface thermal stress through evapotranspiration, thermal inertia, and hydrological connectivity. However, their cool...
Urban growth and climate change intensify urban heat islands (UHIs), altering atmospheric stability and promoting the accumulation of particulate matter ≤ 10 µm (PM10) and particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5), particularly in high-al...
Traditional studies of urban climate used air temperature observations from local urban/rural weather stations in order to analyze the general pattern of higher temperatures in urban areas compared with corresponding rural regions, also known as the...
This study compares high-frequency mobile observation data collected in the same area of Kunming under two different meteorological conditions—15 January 2020, and 8 January 2023—to analyze changes in the micro-scale urban thermal environ...
Understanding the flow in urban environments is an increasingly relevant problem due to its significant impact on air quality and thermal effects in cities worldwide. In this review we provide an overview of efforts based on experiments and simulatio...
Global increase of urban population has brought about a growing demand for more dwelling space, resulting in various negative impacts, such as accelerated urbanization, urban sprawl and higher carbon footprints. To cope with these growth dynamics, ci...
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