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Using phase change materials to alleviate overheating phenomenon of residential buildings in severe cold and cold regions of China

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023
Due to global warming, the overheating risk of residential buildings (especially with no air conditioning) in severe cold and cold regions of China is attracting increasing attention. This phenomenon will seriously affect people’s comfort and even health.
Jiahui Yu, Yu Dong, Yuhan Zhao, Yang Yu, Yang Chen, Haibo Guo   +5 more
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Urban green infrastructure health assessment, based on landsat 8 remote sensing and entropy landscape metrics

European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021
Environmental changes significantly affect urban ecological systems that are supported by green infrastructure. Therefore, assessment of the health of green infrastructure is virtually a quality assessment of the residential environment.
Mu-En Chang, Zhi-Qing Zhao, Hsiao-Tung Chang, Bo Shu   +3 more
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Sky type classification in Harbin during winter

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2020
Sky type classification is a significant element in daylight simulation. As a “winter city”, the daylight climate of Harbin is distinctive, and there is therefore a particular need to determine the most appropriate sky models to establish sky luminance ...
Ying Zi, Cheng Sun, Yunsong Han
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Integrating historic preservation into a wider framework of urban development through comprehensive planning: an evaluation of local comprehensive plans in U.S. state capitals

Heritage Science, 2022
Historic preservation should be integrated into the broader framework of urban development. This makes preservation through local comprehensive planning a good option. However, few local comprehensive plans have demonstrated the content or quality needed
Luchen Zhang, Yuexing Tang, Yang Chen
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Soundscape diversity: Evaluation indices of the sound environment in urban green spaces – Effectiveness, role, and interpretation

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Urban green space sound sources play an important role in providing people with high quality recreation experiences. However, the evaluation index for urban green space sound sources is still limited.
Yi Xiang, Qi Meng, Xueyong Zhang, Mengmeng Li, Da Yang, Yue Wu   +5 more
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TRANSFORMATION OF RURAL AREAS AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS

Bulletin of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Construction, 2022
The peculiarity of the modern stage experienced by Kazakhstan is that its development and formation as a sovereign state occurs in the era of tectonic shifts in the socio-economic structure of society, the change of socio-economic system, the transition from socialist formation to the capitalist path of development.
A.Sh. Chikanaev, T.K. Muzdybaeva, Sh. Abdykarimova   +2 more
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Soundwalk path affecting soundscape assessment in urban parks

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionPrevious soundscape studies focused on sound perception and acoustic comfort in sampled sites and ignored the characteristics of the experiential process along the paths.
Chutian Sun, Chutian Sun, Qi Meng, Qi Meng, Da Yang, Da Yang, Yue Wu, Yue Wu   +7 more
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Influence of Classroom Colour Environment on College Students’ Emotions during Campus Lockdown in the COVID-19 Post-Pandemic Era—A Case Study in Harbin, China

Buildings, 2022
Campus lockdown during COVID-19 and the post-pandemic era has had a huge negative effect on college students. As a vital part of interior teaching spaces, colour deeply influences college students’ mental health and can be used for healing. Nevertheless,
Weiyi Tao, Yue Wu, Weifeng Li, Fangfang Liu   +3 more
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Effect of Soundscape on Place Attachment for Historical Blocks: A Case Study of Harbin, China

Buildings, 2023
Sound is a memory carrier in places with rich history and culture, which can invoke place memories and images. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of soundscape on place attachment in different types of historical blocks.
Wei Zhao, Qingxuan Rui, Xun Zhu, Hongpeng Xu   +3 more
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Sleep – the guarantee of health! Does the environmental perception characteristics of urban residential areas affect residents' sleep quality?

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
A complex urban living environment and residents' sleep quality are intrinsically linked. Nonetheless, there is little evidence that the residential environment affects sleep quality. Based on the results of subjective questionnaires, this study uses the
Xun Zhu, Xun Zhu, Ming Gao, Ming Gao, Xinting Cheng, Xinting Cheng, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao   +7 more
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