Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review

Jiawei Fu; Karine Dupré; Silvia Tavares; David King; Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar

doi:10.1016/j.foar.2021.12.005

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Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review

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Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review

Jiawei Fu, Karine Dupré, Silvia Tavares, David King and Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar

Frontiers of Architectural Research, Vol.11(3), pp.466-491

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.12.005

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Abstract

Thermal comfort

Greenery configuration

Urban heat mitigation

Climate change

Planting design

Vegetation spatial arrangement

Urban vegetation is a nature-based solution for cooling cities. Under global warming and urban population growth, it is essential to optimize urban vegetation configuration in the urban area to bring maximum cooling benefit. This paper reviews 85 optimized urban vegetation configuration studies published from 2010 to 2020 to provide an insight into the most effective vegetation configuration for urban heat mitigation. Patterns and preferences in methods and the optimized greenery configurations are comprehensively analyzed. The results indicate that size, quantity, and layout of urban green space and the physiological characteristics and spatial arrangement of urban vegetation significantly influence their cooling effect. Additionally, two other research gaps were identified. First, more research needs to be done in southern hemisphere cities experiencing rapid urbanization and severe impacts of extreme weather. Second, a comprehensive method for quantifying interactions and cumulative effects of natural and artificial factors in the urban environment is required. Future study needs a ho-listic understanding of the interactive effects of vegetation spatial distribution on urban environment and climate for a more accurate analysis of optimal cooling greening layouts in large urban areas at multi-scales.

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Title: Optimized greenery configuration to mitigate urban heat: A decade systematic review
Authors: Jiawei Fu (Author) - James Cook University
Karine Dupré (Author) - Griffith University
Silvia Tavares (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
David King (Author) - James Cook University
Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar (Author) - James Cook University
Publication details: Frontiers of Architectural Research, Vol.11(3), pp.466-491
Publisher: Ke Ai Publishing Communications Ltd.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2021.12.005
ISSN: 2095-2643; 2095-2635
Copyright note: (C) 2021 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Organisation Unit: Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99603207002621
Output Type: Journal article

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