To what extent can urban ventilation features cool a compact built-up environment during a prolonged heatwave? A mesoscale numerical modelling study for Hong Kong

A CFD study of wind assessment in urban topology with complex wind flow

(2021) Shaowei Zhang et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

High-resolution mesoscale simulation of the microclimatic effects of urban development in the past, present, and future Hong Kong

(2021) Yu Ting Kwok et al.   Urban Climate

Heat mitigation benefits of urban green and blue infrastructures: A systematic review of modeling techniques, validation and scenario simulation in ENVI-met V4

(2021) Zhixin Liu et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Long-term association between urban air ventilation and mortality in Hong Kong

(2021) Pin Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Improved urban heat island mitigation using bioclimatic redevelopment along an urban waterfront at Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong

(2021) Hongning Lan et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Refined dataset to describe the complex urban environment of Hong Kong for urban climate modelling studies at the mesoscale

(2020) Yu Ting Kwok et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Urban Climates and Climate Change

(2020) Valéry Masson et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

An index to quantify environmental risk of exposure to future epidemics of the COVID-19 and similar viral agents: Theory and practice

(2020) Mario Coccia   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

How well does the Local Climate Zone scheme discern the thermal environment of Toulouse (France)? An analysis using numerical simulation data

(2019) Yu Ting Kwok et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Enhancing urban ventilation performance through the development of precinct ventilation zones: A case study based on the Greater Sydney, Australia

(2019) Bao-Jie He et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Tree distribution, morphology and modelled air pollution in urban parks of Hong Kong

(2019) Yang Xing et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Wind weakening in a dense high-rise city due to over nearly five decades of urbanization

(2018) Lei Peng et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Modelling of pedestrian level wind environment on a high-quality mesh: A case study for the HKPolyU campus

(2018) Yaxing Du et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Evaluation of satellite-derived building height extraction by CFD simulations: A case study of neighborhood-scale ventilation in Hong Kong

(2018) Weiwen Wang et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Modelling the fine-scale spatiotemporal pattern of urban heat island effect using land use regression approach in a megacity

(2018) Yuan Shi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Creating breathing cities by adopting urban ventilation assessment and wind corridor plan – The implementation in Chinese cities

(2018) Chao Ren et al.   JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS

A review on the CFD analysis of urban microclimate

(2017) Y. Toparlar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Simulation study on the impact of tree-configuration, planting pattern and wind condition on street-canyon's micro-climate and thermal comfort

(2016) Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Computational Fluid Dynamics for urban physics: Importance, scales, possibilities, limitations and ten tips and tricks towards accurate and reliable simulations

(2015) Bert Blocken   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Improving air quality in high-density cities by understanding the relationship between air pollutant dispersion and urban morphologies

(2013) Chao Yuan et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

LES case study on pedestrian level ventilation in two neighbourhoods in Hong Kong

(2013) Marcus Oliver Letzel et al.   METEOROLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

The city and urban heat islands: A review of strategies to mitigate adverse effects

(2013) E.J. Gago et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Building porosity for better urban ventilation in high-density cities – A computational parametric study

(2011) Chao Yuan et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Urban human thermal comfort in hot and humid Hong Kong

(2011) Edward Ng et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Deriving the operational procedure for the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

(2011) Peter Bröde et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Improving the wind environment in high-density cities by understanding urban morphology and surface roughness: A study in Hong Kong

(2011) Edward Ng et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A simple method for designation of urban ventilation corridors and its application to urban heat island analysis

(2010) Man Sing Wong et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Outdoor thermal comfort study in a sub-tropical climate: a longitudinal study based in Hong Kong

(2010) Vicky Cheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Sky view factor analysis of street canyons and its implications for daytime intra-urban air temperature differentials in high-rise, high-density urban areas of Hong Kong: a GIS-based simulation approach

(2010) Liang Chen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Flow and Turbulence in an Urban Canyon

(2010) D. Zajic et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Air ventilation impacts of the “wall effect” resulting from the alignment of high-rise buildings

(2009) S.H.L. Yim et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

On the Impact of Trees on Dispersion Processes of Traffic Emissions in Street Canyons

(2008) Christof Gromke et al.   BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY

Policies and technical guidelines for urban planning of high-density cities – air ventilation assessment (AVA) of Hong Kong

(2008) Edward Ng   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Wind tunnel tests on the relationship between building density and pedestrian-level wind velocity: Development of guidelines for realizing acceptable wind environment in residential neighborhoods

(2007) Tetsu Kubota et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT