Impacts of Urban Expansion on the Urban Thermal Environment: A Case Study of Changchun, China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limin Yang ◽  
Xiaoyan Li ◽  
Beibei Shang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Urban Thermal Environment

Spatiotemporal impact of vehicle heat on urban thermal environment: A case study in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
pp. 108224
Author(s):  
Xuan Chen ◽  
Jiachuan Yang ◽  
Rui Zhu ◽  
Man Sing Wong ◽  
Chao Ren
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Urban Thermal Environment

Exploration on Traditional Courtyard Micro-Climate Characteristics and Improvement Method - Case Study of No. 6 Courtyard of Chang'anxue Alley in Xi'an Sanxuejie Historic District

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1918-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruo Bing Fan ◽  
Xiao Ming Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Improvement Method ◽  
New Perspective

Xian Sanxuejie district is a typical historic district of the city. Presently this type of traditional districts is surrounded by many modern buildings due to the rapid urban expansion. The historic districts are facing problems of poor courtyard micro-climate conditions and low living level, which has become the bottleneck of historic districts sustainable development. This paper studies thermal environment, luminous environment, solar environment and wind environment from a new perspective using Ecotect building environment analyzing software. The author explores micro-climate improving method suitable for traditional courtyard in order to promote micro-climate quality of historic district and to improve the comfort of local residences. The purpose is to achieve sustainable development of historic districts.

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