Nature-Based Designs to Mitigate Urban Heat: The Efficacy of Green Infrastructure Treatments in Portland, Oregon

Application of partial least squares regression in detecting the important landscape indicators determining urban land surface temperature variation

(2018) Yanxu Liu et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Weather and cycling: Mining big data to have an in-depth understanding of the association of weather variability with cycling on an off-road trail and an on-road bike lane

(2018) Jinbao Zhao et al.   TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE

Assessing Vulnerability to Urban Heat: A Study of Disproportionate Heat Exposure and Access to Refuge by Socio-Demographic Status in Portland, Oregon

(2018) Jackson Voelkel et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Study of the Cooling Effects of Urban Green Space in Harbin in Terms of Reducing the Heat Island Effect

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Studying the Association between Green Space Characteristics and Land Surface Temperature for Sustainable Urban Environments: An Analysis of Beijing and Islamabad

(2018) Shahid Naeem et al.   ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Temperature and cooling demand reduction by green-roof types in different climates and urban densities: A co-simulation parametric study

(2017) Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Will cool roofs improve the thermal performance of our built environment? A study assessing roof systems in Bahrain

(2017) Hassan Radhi et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Urban green effects on land surface temperature caused by surface characteristics: A case study of summer Beijing metropolitan region

(2017) Yazhou Zhang et al.   INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Two Urban Development Strategies on Changes in the Land Surface Temperature: Infill versus Suburban New Town Development

(2017) Myung-Jin Jun et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Optimizing green space locations to reduce daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects in Phoenix, Arizona

(2017) Yujia Zhang et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Utilising green and bluespace to mitigate urban heat island intensity

(2017) K.R. Gunawardena et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Passive and active cooling for the outdoor built environment – Analysis and assessment of the cooling potential of mitigation technologies using performance data from 220 large scale projects

(2017) M. Santamouris et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Radiative shading effect of urban trees on cooling the regional built environment

(2017) Ruby Upreti et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Effects of Two Urban Development Strategies on Changes in the Land Surface Temperature: Infill versus Suburban New Town Development

(2017) Myung-Jin Jun et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Seasonal and Diurnal Characteristics of Land Surface Temperature and Major Explanatory Factors in Harris County, Texas

(2017) Weibo Liu et al.   Sustainability

Energy saving potential of fragmented green spaces due to their temperature regulating ecosystem services in the summer

(2016) Fanhua Kong et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action

(2016) Nadja Kabisch et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood

(2016) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Contribution of trees and grasslands to the mitigation of human heat stress in a residential district of Freiburg, Southwest Germany

(2016) Hyunjung Lee et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Urban thermal environment dynamics and associated landscape pattern factors: A case study in the Beijing metropolitan region

(2016) Jian Peng et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Impact of the 2011 heat wave on mortality and emergency department visits in Houston, Texas

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   Environmental Health

Heat, Heat Waves, and Hospital Admissions among the Elderly in the United States, 1992–2006

(2014) Carina J. Gronlund et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

What are hot and what are not in an urban landscape: quantifying and explaining the land surface temperature pattern in Beijing, China

(2014) Wenhui Kuang et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The impact of weather conditions on bikeshare trips in Washington, DC

(2014) Kyle Gebhart et al.   TRANSPORTATION

Impact of weather on urban transit ridership

(2014) Abhishek Singhal et al.   TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE

State-of-the-art analysis of the environmental benefits of green roofs

(2013) Umberto Berardi et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Thermal assessment of heat mitigation strategies: The case of Portland State University, Oregon, USA

(2013) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Green-Roof Effects on Neighborhood Microclimate and Human Thermal Sensation

(2013) Lilliana Peng et al.   Energies

The impact of vegetation types on air and surface temperatures in a temperate city: A fine scale assessment in Manchester, UK

(2013) Cynthia Skelhorn et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Landscape configuration and urban heat island effects: assessing the relationship between landscape characteristics and land surface temperature in Phoenix, Arizona

(2012) John Patrick Connors et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Cooling the cities – A review of reflective and green roof mitigation technologies to fight heat island and improve comfort in urban environments

(2012) M. Santamouris   SOLAR ENERGY

The cooling effect of green spaces as a contribution to the mitigation of urban heat: A case study in Lisbon

(2011) Sandra Oliveira et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

(2011) T. Susca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Surface Urban Heat Island Across 419 Global Big Cities

(2011) Shushi Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Is everyone hot in the city? Spatial pattern of land surface temperatures, land cover and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in Baltimore, MD

(2011) Ganlin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Heat wave impact on morbidity and mortality in the elderly population: A review of recent studies

(2011) Daniel Oudin Åström et al.   MATURITAS

Using advanced cool materials in the urban built environment to mitigate heat islands and improve thermal comfort conditions

(2011) M. Santamouris et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Future climate in the Pacific Northwest

(2010) Philip W. Mote et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Study on the urban heat island mitigation effect achieved by converting to grass-covered parking

(2009) Hideki Takebayashi et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts

(2009) Karen C Seto et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

The Built Environment, Climate Change, and Health

(2008) Margalit Younger et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

The 2006 California Heat Wave: Impacts on Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits

(2008) Kim Knowlton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Sensitivity study of the urban heat island intensity to urban characteristics

(2008) R. Hamdi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Quantifying the influence of land-use and surface characteristics on spatial variability in the urban heat island

(2008) Melissa A. Hart et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY