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A climate‐sensitive tropical urbanism under extreme heat†

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
Tropical urban dwellers face twin climate challenges that impinge on their quality of life: climate overheating and the urban heat island (UHI). The latter superimposed on the former to lead to high levels of thermal discomfort, carbon and energy consequences.
Rohinton Emmanuel
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Variations of Urban Thermal Risk with Local Climate Zones

, 2023
Due to the differences in land cover and natural surroundings within cities, residents in various regions face different thermal risks. Therefore, this study combined multi-source data to analyze the relationship between urban heat risk and local climate
Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia, Xiangming Xiao, Cui Jin, Yipeng Jiang, Zhipeng Shi, Jun Yang, Jiaxing Xin, Ruxin Yang, Jin, Cui, Xin, Jiaxing, Yang, Jun, Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia), Shi, Zhipeng, Xiao, Xiangming, Yang, Ruxin, Jiang, Yipeng   +15 more
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Impact of Spatially Continuous Urban Surface Properties on Summertime and Heatwave Simulations: A Multi‐City Analysis

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Urban areas are unique in form, function, and fabric, and representing them in process‐based models requires, among other things, prescribing facet‐level morphological and radiative properties, which vary widely. Most urban canopy models (UCMs) prescribe these by density class or local climate zone (LCZ), assigning identical values across ...
Timothy Jiang, TC Chakraborty, Yifan Cheng, Rohit Mukherjee, Lei Zhao, Alberto Martilli   +5 more
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Seasonality of Surface Urban Heat Island in Delhi City Region Measured by Local Climate Zones and Conventional Indicators

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2019
Urbanization can change the local climate of an area, one manifestation of which is a rise in the local temperature of built-up areas, a phenomenon known as an urban heat island.
Bakul Budhiraja, Lech Gawuc, Girish Agrawal   +2 more
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Comparative Investigation of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Different Local Climate Zones (LCZ): The Case of Konya [PDF]

Outdoor 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 ...
Hande Büşra Geyikli, Fatih Canan, Canan, Fatih, Geyikli, Hande Büşra   +3 more
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Characterising City Scale Heat Climatology for Australian Climate Zones

International Journal of Climatology, Volume 46, Issue 11, September 2026.
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in Australian cities peaks at night, intensifying under dry conditions, clear skies, increased solar radiation, and low wind speeds. Long‐term observations show that nighttime temperatures in major cities have warmed faster than their rural surroundings and future climate projections fail to capture this disparity ...
Vihan C. N. Weeraratne, Nikhil Garg, Raymond C. Z. Cohen, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Mahesh Prakash   +4 more
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Performance Evaluation of Built Environment in Local Climate Zones

, 2022
The thermal performance of a building is significantly influenced by the climate around it. It is observed that the microclimate of an urban area is notably different from that of the surrounding regions.
Dhanish S, Sushanth SJ, Angel Varghese
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Understanding Growth-Induced Trends in Local Climate Zones, Land Surface Temperature, and Extreme Temperature Events in a Rapidly Growing City: A Case of Bulawayo Metropolitan City in Zimbabwe

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Assessment of the responses of the urban thermal environment to climate is important, especially because of their possible influence on low- and high-temperature extreme events.
Terence Darlington Mushore, Terence Darlington Mushore, Onisimo Mutanga, John Odindi   +3 more
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A Systematic Review of Urban Form: Knowledge and Opportunities

Earth's Future, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
Abstract Understanding global research trajectories in urban form is critical for sustainable urbanization, yet a comprehensive synthesis is lacking. Evaluating 6,147 publications from Web of Science and Scopus (1999–2024) using bibliometric methods, this study maps the evolution, core themes, and geographical distribution of the field.
Jing Xie, Hongfu Chen, Zilang Cheng, Hongzhang Lin, Desheng Xue   +4 more
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The Urban Building Community Model for Earth System Modeling: Model Formulation and Evaluation

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Volume 18, Issue 9, September 2026.
Abstract A new urban canopy model is presented. Unlike the two‐dimensional (2D) canyon assumption used in most urban canopy models, this model proposes a three‐dimensional (3D) building community conceptualization. A key parameter, the building height‐to‐side‐length ratio (H/L), is introduced to replace the canyon height‐to‐width ratio (H/W) used in ...
Hua Yuan, Wenzong Dong, Shaofeng Liu, Shupeng Zhang, Zhuo Liu, Nan Wei, Xingjie Lu, Zhongwang Wei, Xianxiang Li, Yongjiu Dai   +9 more
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