Heat Risk Assessment in Arid Zones Based on Local Climate Zones: A Case of Urumqi, China
BuildingsBased on the rapid development of urbanization and the increasing severity of extreme heat disasters caused by global warming, it has become increasingly important to enhance the assessment of heat risk.
Hongxuan Lan +6 more
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GIS-based revision of a WUDAPT Local Climate Zones map of Bern, Switzerland [PDF]
City and Environment Interactions, 2023 Urban areas are particularly affected by heatwaves through the intensification of heat stress by the urban heat island effect. For effective climate change adaptation, information about microscale surface cover, structures, and human activity in cities ...
Noémie Wellinger +3 more
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Corrosion and scaling potentials of rural water distribution network in different climate zones of Kermanshah province, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater, 2022 Corrosion control is an important parameter to supply safe drinking water considered by the World Health Organization. This study is intended to determine the scaling and corrosion potentials of drinking water in rural distribution networks during 2009 ...
Akram Fatemi +3 more
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Comparative Investigation of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Different Local Climate Zones (LCZ): The Case of Konya [PDF]
Journal of Architectural Sciences and ApplicationsOutdoor thermal comfort is the condition where individuals feel neither too hot nor too cold according to environmental conditions. This comfort is critical for people to be able to continue their physical activities and social interactions in open ...
Fatih Canan, Hande Büşra Geyikli
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Remote sensing applied to classification of local climate zones
Revista Sítio Novo, 2022 Monitoring of representative intra-urban thermal features is a difficult task due to the complexity of urban terrain (OKE, 2004). The characteristics of urbanized areas can be quantified using different methods, including the classification system of ...
Camila Amaro de Souza +2 more
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Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2021 This study evaluates the pattern of a nighttime climate index namely the tropical nights (Tmin ≥ 20ºC) during the 21st century in several different sized cities in the Carpathian Basin.
Tamás Gál +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Understanding the urban thermal environment is vital for improving urban planning and strategy development when mitigating urban heat islands. However, urban thermal characteristics of local climate zones (LCZ) are different within cities and most ...
Nana Li +4 more
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Local climate zones and its potential for building urban resilience:A case study of Lahore, Pakistan [PDF]
, 2022 Urban built-up has been increasing exponentially in the world. Urban population growth and migration are depleting the land resources and creating thermal discomfort.
Aslam, Ayman +5 more
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Impact of urban environment on land surface temperature in local climate zones [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The replacement of the natural landscape by artificial environment has led to changes in the ecosystem and physical properties of the surface, such as heat storage capacity, and thermal conductivity properties.
Gosteva Anna +2 more
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Local Climate Zones and Thermal Characteristics in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia
Remote Sensing, 2021 Using the local climate zone (LCZ) framework and multiple Earth observation input features, an LCZ classification was developed and established for Riyadh City in 2017.
Ali S. Alghamdi +2 more
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