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Yanyan Huang, Ruixin Tu, Wutikeer Tuerxun, Xudong Jia, Xu Zhang and Xiaokang Chen
In the context of an increasingly extreme climate, Urban Heat Island (UHI) mitigation of communities through ventilation has recently attracted more attention. To explore the impact mechanisms of different morphological renovation schemes on its wind and...
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Daniel L. Mendoza, Erik T. Crosman, Corbin Anderson and Shawn A. Gonzales
The combination of extreme heat waves and ozone pollution is a major health hazard for urban populations in the summertime, particularly for the most sensitive groups such as children, the elderly, the unsheltered, and those with pre-existing health cond...
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Zhiqing Zhao, Siyi Zhang and Yizhan Peng
In ancient Chinese architecture, Feng Shui was a prevalent practice used to enhance the built environment. This study utilized computer simulation techniques to assess the effectiveness of Long?Hu Sand layout Feng Shui in the Bailudong Academy complex in...
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Omar S. Asfour, Osama Mohsen and Jamal Al-Qawasmi
This study investigates the impact of building grouping patterns on enhancing shading in public open spaces, considering different solar orientations, housing densities, and the hot climatic conditions of Saudi Arabia. The study considered a set of envir...
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Ekaterina Lesnyak, Tabea Belkot, Johannes Hurka, Jan Philipp Hörding, Lea Kuhlmann, Pavel Paulau, Marvin Schnabel, Patrik Schönfeldt and Jan Middelberg
The heat transition is a central pillar of the energy transition, aiming to decarbonize and improve the energy efficiency of the heat supply in both the private and industrial sectors. On the one hand, this is achieved by substituting fossil fuels with r...
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Chaoxiang Chen, Shiping Ye, Zhican Bai, Juan Wang, Alexander Nedzved and Sergey Ablameyko
With the acceleration of urbanization, climate problems affecting human health and safe operation of cities have intensified, such as heat island effect, haze, and acid rain. Using high-resolution remote sensing mapping image data to design scientific an...
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Yongyu Hu, Fusuo Xu and Zhi Gao
The deterioration of the urban environment is a problem which has captured the attention of governmental departments and researchers, who are committed to improving the urban environment from the perspective of optimizing urban morphology. Although many ...
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Liang Zhou, Lei Ma, Brian Alan Johnson, Ziyun Yan, Feixue Li and Manchun Li
Accurate urban morphology provided by Local Climate Zones (LCZ), a universal surface classification scheme, offers opportunities for studies of urban heat risk, urban ventilation, and transport planning. In recent years, researchers have attempted to gen...
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Georgios-Rafail Kouklis and Athena Yiannakou
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of urban morphology to the formation of microclimatic conditions prevailing within urban outdoor spaces. We studied the compact form of a city and examined, at a detailed, street plan level, el...
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Athanasios Koukofikis and Volker Coors
Moving into the third decade of the 21st century, smart cities are becoming a vital concept of advancement of the quality of life. Without any doubt, cities today can generate data of high velocity which can be used in plethora of applications. The wind ...
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