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How does 2D and 3D of urban morphology affect the seasonal land surface temperature in Island City? A block-scale perspective.

open access: yesEcol Indic, 2023
Highlights • The seasonal variation characteristics of urban block types (UBTs) to land surface temperature (LST) in island cities were explored.• The influence of urban morphology factors of island cities on LST was different from that of land cities ...
Zhu Z   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The urban morphology on our planet - Global perspectives from space.

open access: yesRemote Sens Environ, 2022
Highlights • Combined big and multisensory Earth observation data with deep learning.• Revealed the first time detailed morphology of urban agglomerations across the globe.• Statistical study of our results quantifies a global inequality in population ...
Zhu XX   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Configurational Structures of Social Spaces: Space Syntax and Urban Morphology in the Context of Analytical, Evidence-Based Design

open access: yesLand, 2023
This article presents an argument for the enhanced utilisation of urban morphology in urban design, drawing inspiration from space syntax theory and methodologies, advocating for the integration of social, economic, and cultural considerations alongside ...
Kayvan Karimi
doaj   +2 more sources

River valley urban network and morphology: A study on the urban morphology evolution of Lanzhou. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
The present study investigates the dynamic evolution characteristics of urban spatial morphology by analyzing real road network data from 2000, 2010, and 2020, along with nighttime lighting data employing spatial analysis methods and spatial syntax ...
Minan Yang   +4 more
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Dynamic urban morphology mapping in Chinese cities based on local climate zone approach [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
Urbanization have been significantly reshaping the form of urban areas and natural landscapes, leading to complex urban morphologies. In 2012, the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification was proposed to address this issue and has since been widely ...
Hanguang Yu   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cooling efficacy of trees across cities is determined by background climate, urban morphology, and tree trait

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
Urban planners and other stakeholders often view trees as the ultimate panacea for mitigating urban heat stress; however, their cooling efficacy varies globally and is influenced by three primary factors: tree traits, urban morphology, and climate ...
Haiwei Li   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Comparison of mediating effects of air pollutants on urban morphology and urban heat Island intensity at block scale [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
The urban heat island effect seriously challenges the sustainability and livability of urban development. Air pollutants (AP) may play a mediating role in the impact of urban morphology (UM) on the canopy layer urban heat island intensity (CLUHII) and ...
Jiayu Fan   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Spatial measures and methods in sustainable urban morphology: A systematic review

open access: yesLandscape and Urban Planning, 2023
Pan Zhang, Debarchana Ghosh
exaly   +2 more sources

Classification of Urban Morphology Indicators towards Urban Generation [PDF]

open access: yesPort Said Engineering Research Journal, 2022
Urban morphology is a complex topic that can be defined in terms of its spatial relations, properties, and measures using several equations. There are types of urban morphology indicators UMIs to explore the spatial heterogeneity, guiding the spatial ...
mostafa elzeni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Morphology as an emerging interdisciplinary field

open access: yesUrban morphology, 2022
The forces and events leading to the formation of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) are identified. ISUF is expanding the field of urban morphology beyond its original confines in geography, particularly into the domains of architecture and ...
A. Moudon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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