Towards cool cities and communities: Preparing for an increasingly hot future by the development of heat-resilient infrastructure and urban heat management plan

Environmental Technology & Innovation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34, P. 103568 - 103568

Published: Feb. 9, 2024

Planning for extreme heat challenges is an urgent task urban planners, designers, and managers because a new normal climate-related challenge many cities. However, how to integrate existing scientific outcomes achieve the transformation from research practice critical question. This study aims frame heat-resilient infrastructure system management plan (UHMP) better promote solution implementation. analyses heat-related challenges, with China as typical nation highly urbanized urbanizing cities, demonstrate urgency of preparing era. then elucidates fundamentals methods UHMP development, structure prevention, preparation, mitigation, adaptation, co-benefits approaches. Heat–resilient was framed ensure that society withstands, responds to, recovers heat–related impacts through actions planning, design, construction, operation, considering structural measures, non–structural approach. Furthermore, framework developed by determining key mission, components, associated agencies. Overall, this provides theoretical methodological frameworks comprehensively understand solutions increase their implementation capacity.

Language: Английский

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Optimizing building spatial morphology to alleviate human thermal stress

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 106, P. 105386 - 105386

Published: March 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Spatio-temporal assessment of heat health risk in Chinese metropolitan cities based on the modified multi-indicators coupled risk framework

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 108, P. 105451 - 105451

Published: April 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Sensing-based park cooling performance observation and assessment: A review

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 245, P. 110915 - 110915

Published: Oct. 10, 2023

Language: Английский

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Revealing the injustice and factors that affect the resilience responses of residents in the full period of heat waves

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 107, P. 105467 - 105467

Published: April 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Performance-based design of residential blocks for the co-benefits of building energy efficiency and outdoor thermal comfort improvement

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 264, P. 111926 - 111926

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Optimizing human thermal comfort and mitigating the urban heat island effect on public open spaces in Rome, Italy through sustainable design strategies

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Aug. 27, 2024

The climate affects how a city's outdoor spaces are utilized. It is more likely that people will use and appreciate public areas designed for pedestrian use, such as parks, squares, streets, foot-cycle pathways, when they provide comfortable healthy environment. A predicted increase in global temperature has made the uncomfortable, especially during summer heat stress strengthened anticipated. This phenomenon severe urban areas, often affected by Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Since spatial characteristics of city influence its climate, design can be deployed to mitigate combined effects change UHI. research conducted study UHI effect on thermal comfort an open space Rome (Italy) aims at identifying implementing methodology designers follow reduce impact islands space. based concept adopting Sustainable Development Goals guidelines; it investigates UHI's examines microclimatic conditions perception users through PET, PMV PPD values, were assessed simulations with ENVI-MET software. thus proposes redesign site Rome, masterplan sustainable principles, aimed improving site. solution was then validated ex post simulations.

Language: Английский

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A multiscale examination of heat risk spatiotemporal dynamics in Chinese urban agglomerations: A hierarchical assessment method and planning framework

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 117, P. 105198 - 105198

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Language: Английский

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Thermal comfort perception among park users in Prague, Central Europe on hot summer days—A comparison of thermal indices

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 20(1), P. e0299377 - e0299377

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

The assessment of human perception the thermal environment is becoming highly relevant in context global climate change and its impact on public health. In this study, we aimed to evaluate suitability use four frequently used comfort indices (thermal indices)–Wet Bulb Global Temperature (WGBT), Heat Index (HI), Physiologically Equivalent (PET), Universal Thermal Climate (UTCI)–to assess three large urban parks Central Europe, using Prague, capital Czech Republic, as a case study. We investigated relationship between park visitors, while taking into account effect sex, age, activity respondents week-time daytime their visit (assessed parameters). Park visitors were interviewed during summertime, collecting meteorological data. correlations performed explore individual indices, multivariate statistical methods explain how well variation can be explained by assessed parameters. found significant association all perception; however, was strongest with HI. While independent sex week-time, physical activity, visit. Nevertheless, effects largely conditions. Based results, conclude that are suitable for studies Europe HI seems most architects planners.

Language: Английский

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Investigating the effects of local climate zones on land surface temperature using spectral indices via linear regression model: a seasonal study of Sapanca Lake

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 197(3)

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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