Association between urban heat islands and heat-related mortality in 70 pairs of adjacent urban-rural counties among 8 topographic regions in China
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 106182 - 106182
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Soil and Water Assessment Tool-Based Prediction of Runoff Under Scenarios of Land Use/Land Cover and Climate Change Across Indian Agro-Climatic Zones: Implications for Sustainable Development Goals
Water,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
17(3), С. 458 - 458
Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2025
Assessing
runoff
under
changing
land
use/land
cover
(LULC)
and
climatic
conditions
is
crucial
for
achieving
effective
sustainable
water
resource
management
on
a
global
scale.
In
this
study,
the
focus
was
predictions
across
three
diverse
Indian
watersheds—Wunna,
Bharathapuzha,
Mahanadi—spanning
distinct
agro-climatic
zones
to
capture
varying
hydrological
complexities.
The
soil
assessment
(SWAT)
tool
used
simulate
future
influenced
by
LULC
climate
change
explore
related
sustainability
implications,
including
challenges
proposing
countermeasures
through
action
plan
(SAP).
methodology
integrated
high-resolution
satellite
imagery,
cellular
automata
(CA)–Markov
model
projecting
changes,
downscaled
data
representative
concentration
pathways
(RCPs)
4.5
8.5,
representing
moderate
extreme
scenarios,
respectively.
SWAT
calibration
validation
demonstrated
reliable
predictive
accuracy,
with
coefficient
of
determination
values
(R2)
>
0.50
confirming
reliability
in
simulating
processes.
results
indicated
significant
increases
surface
due
urbanization,
reaching
>1000
mm,
600
400
mm
southern
southeastern
Wunna,
northwestern
Mahanadi,
respectively,
especially
2040
RCP
8.5.
These
findings
indicate
that
quality,
agricultural
productivity,
urban
infrastructure
may
be
threatened.
proposed
SAP
includes
nature-based
solutions,
like
wetland
restoration,
climate-resilient
strategies
mitigate
adverse
effects
partially
achieve
development
goals
(SDGs)
clean
action.
This
research
provides
robust
framework
watershed
similar
regions
worldwide.
Язык: Английский
Efforts needed to coordinate future economic growth and heatwave exposure mitigation in coastal cities
Sustainable Cities and Society,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 106177 - 106177
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Urban heat health risk inequality and its drivers based on Local Climate Zones: A case study of Qingdao, China
Fei Guo,
Gao-Ming Fan,
Jun Zhao
и другие.
Building and Environment,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 112827 - 112827
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Urban Commercial Space with Vision–Language-Model-Based Agent Model
Land,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
14(4), С. 786 - 786
Опубликована: Апрель 6, 2025
Thermal
comfort
in
urban
commercial
spaces
significantly
impacts
both
business
performance
and
public
well-being.
Traditional
evaluation
methods
relying
on
field
surveys
expert
assessments
are
often
time-consuming
labor-intensive.
This
study
proposes
a
novel
vision–language
model
(VLM)-based
agent
system
for
thermal
assessment
spaces,
simulating
eight
distinct
heat-sensitive
roles
with
varied
demographic
backgrounds
through
prompt
engineering
using
ChatGPT-4o.
Taking
Harbin
Central
Street,
China
as
case
study,
we
first
validated
accuracy
ASHRAE
scale
evaluations
of
30%
samples
(167
images)
by
50
experts,
then
conducted
simulations
followed
spatial
interpretability
analyses.
Key
findings
include
(1)
significant
correlation
between
VLM
(r
=
0.815,
p
<
0.001),
confirming
method
feasibility;
(2)
notable
heterogeneity
across
agents,
demonstrating
the
VLMs’
capacity
to
capture
perceptual
differences
among
social
groups;
(3)
analysis
revealing
higher
eastern
regions
compared
western
central
areas
despite
inter-role
variations,
consistency
agents;
(4)
shade
vegetation
being
identified
primary
influencing
factors
that
contribute
agent’s
decision
making.
research
validates
VLM-based
agents’
effectiveness
evaluation,
showcasing
their
dual
capability
replicating
traditional
while
capturing
group
differences.
The
proposed
approach
establishes
paradigm
efficient,
comprehensive,
multi-perspective
environments.
Язык: Английский
Analysis of Morphological Impacts on Cooling Effects of Urban Water Bodies in Five Cities of Zhejiang
Water,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
17(1), С. 80 - 80
Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024
Urban
water
bodies
play
a
critical
role
in
regulating
urban
climate,
mitigating
the
heat
island
effect,
and
enhancing
ecological
environments.
This
study
focuses
on
five
typical
cities
Zhejiang
Province,
systematically
analyzing
cooling
effects
of
bodies.
Specifically,
divides
buffer
zones
into
basic
analytical
units
based
road
network
performs
land
surface
temperature
inversion
use
classification
using
Google
Earth
Engine
platform.
Six
representative
morphology
indicators
are
selected,
contributions
these
to
evaluated
Gradient
Boosting
Decision
Tree
regression
model.
Additionally,
optimization
strategies
for
different
proposed.
The
results
show
following:
(1)
Water
central
areas
generally
exhibit
significant
effects,
with
average
reduction
exceeding
5.13
°C
compared
built-up
all
cities.
(2)
is
higher
than
that
areas,
difference
at
least
0.63
°C.
(3)
In
Huzhou
Jiaxing,
high-temperature
low-temperature
relatively
concentrated,
while
Jinhua,
Quzhou,
Shaoxing,
more
interspersed
distribution
observed,
reflecting
spatial
heterogeneity.
(4)
Among
body
indicators,
edge
density,
proportion
landscape
area
occupied
by
patches,
largest
patch
index
water,
shape
exert
larger
impact
effects.
These
findings
provide
scientific
guidance
optimizing
layout
improving
thermal
Язык: Английский