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Urban flood susceptibility decoded: A GeoAI workflow for urban flood-prone area delineation and mitigation mechanism inference 城市洪水易感性解码:用于城市洪水易发地区划定和减灾机制推断的GeoAI工作流程
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107157
Junhao Wu , Yuanpeng Tang , Ling Ma , Dongfang Liang , Ioannis Brilakis , Svetlana Besklubova
Under the combined pressures of intensified extreme rainfall and accelerating impervious urban expansion, pluvial flooding has emerged as a dominant threat to urban safety and sustainability. Conventional flood-susceptibility models have faced challenges in handling highly sparse, long-tailed target distributions and in providing physical interpretability, which has limited the fine-scale delineation of flood-prone cells and the development of differentiated mitigation strategies. To address this issue, an integrated GeoAI-based framework was developed to systematically links urban surface characteristics with socio-hydrological processes for advancing flood-risk governance. The proposed framework synthesizes 25 natural and socio-economic variables to holistically capture flood-generation mechanisms across diverse city contexts. Through a two-stage feature distillation process, the ten most critical drivers shaping flood susceptibility in each city were identified. These drives underpin a novel zero-inflated convolutional self-attention network (ZI-Geo-CNN), which generated high-resolution susceptibility maps for six major Chinese cities with exceptional accuracy (R2>0.98,AUC1.00, and SMAPE<13%). Post‑hoc analysis using Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) quantified each driver’s relative contribution, revealing universal controls alongside economy–infrastructure couplings. Based on shared and differentiated patterns of factor importance across cities, this study compared dominant patterns across cities and discussed several indicative adaptation directions. Overall, the framework breaks the accuracy–interpretability trade-off for sparse, long-tailed flood data and furnishes a replicable GeoAI workflow that can be applied consistently across cities through city-specific training, calibration, and interpretation, thereby providing an evidence-informed basis for resilient drainage planning under non-stationary climates.
在极端降雨加剧和不透水城市扩张加速的双重压力下,雨水泛滥已成为城市安全和可持续发展的主要威胁。传统的洪水敏感性模型在处理高度稀疏的长尾目标分布和提供物理可解释性方面面临挑战,这限制了对洪水易发细胞的精细描绘和制定差异化减灾战略。为了解决这一问题,开发了一个基于geoai的综合框架,系统地将城市地表特征与社会水文过程联系起来,以推进洪水风险治理。拟议的框架综合了25个自然和社会经济变量,以全面捕捉不同城市背景下的洪水产生机制。通过两阶段特征提炼过程,确定了影响城市洪水易感性的10个最关键驱动因素。这些驱动支撑着一种新型的零膨胀卷积自关注网络(ZI-Geo-CNN),该网络以优异的精度(R2>0.98,AUC≈1.00,SMAPE<13%)生成了中国六个主要城市的高分辨率敏感性地图。使用Shapley加性解释(SHAP)的事后分析量化了每个驱动因素的相对贡献,揭示了经济与基础设施耦合的普遍控制。基于城市要素重要性的共享和分化格局,比较了城市要素重要性的主导格局,探讨了城市要素重要性适应的指示性方向。总体而言,该框架打破了稀疏的长尾洪水数据的准确性和可解释性之间的权衡,并提供了可复制的GeoAI工作流程,可以通过城市特定的培训、校准和解释在城市中一致应用,从而为非固定气候下的弹性排水规划提供了证据基础。
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Co-optimization of expansion planning and dual-mode operations for regional integrated energy systems considering resilience enhancement under multiple uncertainties 多不确定条件下考虑弹性增强的区域综合能源系统扩容规划与双模式运行协同优化
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107124
Bo Jiang , Hongtao Lei , Wenhua Li , Kai Xu , Yajie Liu , Tao Zhang
With rising energy demand and advances in energy conversion technologies, expansion planning for existing integrated energy systems is increasingly urgent, which is essential for improving efficiency and supply stability while reducing long-term costs. Additionally, the rising frequency of extreme disasters underscores the necessity of incorporating resilience alongside economic considerations in planning processes. To address these dual requirements of economic performance and resilience, this paper proposes a multi-objective two-stage stochastic programming model. In the first stage (planning stage), the model aims to minimize total costs while maximizing a standardized resilience index (RI) to determine the optimal expansion plan for the integrated energy system. In the second stage (operation stage), the model simulates both normal and fault modes to evaluate operational costs and RI values, feeding the results back to further improve the planning stage. Operational strategies aimed at either economic performance or resilience are developed for the two modes to effectively manage the model’s computational complexity. To efficiently solve the proposed multi-objective model, a diversity-enhanced evolutionary algorithm with a knowledge-guided offspring generation method (DeEA/K) is employed, yielding a uniformly distributed Pareto front. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve high-quality multi-objective expansion planning solutions, and the algorithm exhibits strong performance on mixed-integer optimization problems.
随着能源需求的增加和能源转换技术的进步,现有综合能源系统的扩展规划日益紧迫,这对于提高效率和供应稳定,同时降低长期成本至关重要。此外,极端灾害发生的频率越来越高,凸显了在规划过程中将复原力与经济因素结合起来的必要性。为了解决经济绩效和弹性的双重要求,本文提出了一个多目标两阶段随机规划模型。在第一阶段(规划阶段),该模型的目标是最小化总成本,同时最大化标准化弹性指数(RI),以确定综合能源系统的最佳扩展计划。在第二阶段(运行阶段),该模型模拟正常和故障模式,以评估运行成本和RI值,并将结果反馈给进一步改进规划阶段。为了有效地管理模型的计算复杂性,针对这两种模式开发了以经济性能或弹性为目标的操作策略。为了有效地求解该多目标模型,采用了一种基于知识引导的后代生成方法(DeEA/K)的多样性增强进化算法,得到均匀分布的Pareto前沿。实验结果表明,该方法可以获得高质量的多目标扩展规划解,并且在混合整数优化问题上表现出较强的性能。
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The compounding effects of pollution reduction and low-carbon policy synergies on urban economic resilience and environmental performance 污染减排和低碳政策协同效应对城市经济弹性和环境绩效的复合效应
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107162
Xi Wang , Hua Shang , Xiaofei Lv , Sai Yuan
The synergistic governance effects of multi-objective environmental regulations are crucial for achieving coordinated economic and ecological development. Nevertheless, existing investigations have primarily focused on their singular effects on either the environment or the economy, while their synergistic governance effects require further validation. Utilizing urban data from China spanning 2007 to 2023, we construct a policy synergies variable for pollution reduction and low-carbon (PPCR) based on the Key Air Quality Control Zone Policy (KACP) and the Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy (LCCP). Then, we employ the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to investigate the composite effects of PPCR on urban economic resilience (EOR) and environmental performance (PCR). The findings indicate that PPCR significantly enhances both EOR and PCR, with this conclusion demonstrating robustness. Meanwhile, the mechanism analysis reveals that the primary channels fostering EOR are the high-skilled talent siphoning and labor productivity-driven effects. Energy structure optimization and circular economy initiatives serve as significant pathways for PPCR to enhance PCR. Furthermore, the enabling role of PPCR is even stronger in cities with non-resource-based economies and strong public-oriented environmental regulations (PER).
多目标环境规制的协同治理效应是实现经济与生态协调发展的关键。然而,现有的调查主要集中在它们对环境或经济的单一影响上,而它们的协同治理效应需要进一步验证。本文利用2007 - 2023年中国城市数据,基于重点空气质量控制区政策(KACP)和低碳城市试点政策(LCCP),构建了污染减排与低碳(PPCR)政策协同变量。在此基础上,采用差分模型研究了PPCR对城市经济弹性(EOR)和环境绩效(PCR)的综合影响。结果表明,PPCR显著提高了EOR和PCR,这一结论具有稳健性。同时,机制分析表明,提高采收率的主要渠道是高技能人才的吸纳和劳动生产率的驱动效应。能源结构优化和循环经济倡议是PPCR增强PCR的重要途径。此外,在非资源型经济和强有力的公共导向环境法规(PER)的城市,PPCR的促进作用甚至更强。
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Topological and source–sink integrated analysis of urban thermal environment networks in a megacity: Longitudinal insights from Guangzhou 特大城市热环境网络的拓扑与源汇综合分析:来自广州的纵向观察
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107156
Liang Tang , Runyu Shao , Xinran Zhou , Yali Zhang , Ziyi Chen , Long Yang , Hui Li
Under the dual pressures of global climate change and rapid urbanization, the thermal environment of high-density megacities has become increasingly complex, with intensified heat risks and spatial heterogeneity. Taking Guangzhou as a case study, this research integrates multi-temporal remote sensing data to construct a cold-source–heat-sink network and proposes an analytical paradigm of “network framework–spatial dynamics–targeted implementation” to uncover the spatiotemporal evolution and ventilation-coupling mechanisms of urban thermal systems. From 2004 to 2023, Guangzhou exhibited a three-stage thermal evolution pathway—“aggregation–fragmentation–reconstruction.” Cold sources first contracted and later re-expanded, shifting from fragmented patches to renewed agglomeration, while core heat sinks continuously enlarged and merged northward, intensifying the urban heat island effect. Circuit-based modeling revealed a 38% decline in source–sink corridors and an increase in ventilation pinch points from 11 to 23, forming high-resistance bottlenecks that weakened cold–heat coupling across urban transition zones. Topological diagnostics further showed that the thermal network evolved from a “multi-core–high-connectivity” configuration to a “centralized–vulnerable” structure, followed by a stage of “localized recovery–structural rebuilding.” The identified three-stage trajectory highlights the coupled reorganization of cold/heat sources and ventilation corridors, offering a dynamic perspective on the mechanisms underlying urban heat risk formation. This study advances the theoretical understanding of cold–heat interaction networks, demonstrates the synergistic value of combining circuit theory with topological metrics, and proposes a four-tier coordinated regulation strategy—cold-source preservation, heat-sink mitigation, corridor optimization, and node restoration—to support refined thermal governance and resilience enhancement in megacities.
在全球气候变化和快速城市化的双重压力下,高密度特大城市热环境日益复杂,热风险和空间异质性加剧。以广州市为例,整合多时相遥感数据构建冷源-热汇网络,提出“网络框架-空间动态-目标实施”的分析范式,揭示城市热系统的时空演化与通风耦合机制。2004 - 2023年,广州呈现“聚集-破碎-重建”的3阶段热演化路径。冷源先收缩后再膨胀,从破碎的斑块到重新聚集,核心散热器不断扩大并向北融合,加剧了城市热岛效应。基于电路的模型显示,源汇走廊减少了38%,通风夹点从11个增加到23个,形成了高阻力瓶颈,削弱了城市过渡区内的冷热耦合。拓扑诊断进一步表明,热网络从“多核高连通性”结构演变为“集中脆弱”结构,随后是“局部恢复-结构重建”阶段。确定的三阶段轨迹突出了冷/热源和通风走廊的耦合重组,为城市热风险形成的机制提供了动态视角。本研究推进了对冷热相互作用网络的理论认识,论证了电路理论与拓扑指标相结合的协同价值,并提出了四层协调调节策略——冷源保护、热汇缓解、走廊优化和节点恢复——以支持特大城市的精细热治理和弹性增强。
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Exploring the patterns and optimization of high-density settlements to achieve zero-carbon heating in hot summer and cold winter area 探索夏热冬冷地区高密度聚落实现零碳供暖的模式与优化
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107152
Yuqiu Liu, Zhengnan Zhou, Yichen Han, Chaohong Wang, Yingkai Lian, Haoran Chen, Wenqi Bai, Zhuoyang Jia
In China’s hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) area, historical policies have resulted in the absence of central heating. However, intensifying extreme weather and rising living standards recently have led to a surge in heating energy consumption, accompanied by substantial carbon emissions. This study explores the feasibility of achieving zero-carbon heating (ZCH) in the HSCW area, specifically deriving heating energy from electricity generated by photovoltaic (PV) systems. This paper first measures indoor temperature, energy consumption data, and simulates PV generation across 20 residential areas in two typical cities in the HSCW area, Wuhan and Shanghai. Then, sensitivity analysis and machine learning regression with Shapley additive explanations are conducted between 14 morphology parameters and 3 primary energy indicators: ratio of energy consumption to indoor-outdoor temperature difference, available qualified PV generation for heating energy consumption, and ratio of qualified surface area. Subsequently, the study employed multi-objective optimization to balance the energy indicators of three residential area prototypes: tower, slab, and courtyard. Analysis of measured data reveals that the openness index has the most significant influence on heating energy consumption, while facade area has the greatest impact on PV indicators. However, the trend in morphological parameters optimized for the ZCH objective varies depending on building type and plot size. Conclusively, all residential types can realize ZCH, with achievable proportions at 61.00% of slab-style, 37.30% of courtyard-style, and 18.35% of tower-style. This research proposes novel approaches for reducing carbon emissions in the HSCW high-density settlements, thus providing references for related cases.
在中国的夏热冬冷地区,历史上的政策导致了中央供暖的缺失。然而,最近极端天气的加剧和生活水平的提高导致供暖能源消耗激增,伴随而来的是大量的碳排放。本研究探讨了在高低温地区实现零碳供暖(ZCH)的可行性,特别是从光伏(PV)系统产生的电力中获取供暖能量。本文首先测量了室内温度、能耗数据,并模拟了武汉和上海两个典型城市20个住宅小区的光伏发电情况。然后,对14个形态参数与室内外温差能耗比、可用于供热能耗的合格光伏发电、合格表面积比3个主要能源指标进行敏感性分析和Shapley加性解释的机器学习回归。随后,采用多目标优化方法对塔楼、楼板、庭院三种住宅小区原型的能量指标进行平衡。实测数据分析表明,开度指标对采暖能耗的影响最为显著,而立面面积对光伏指标的影响最大。然而,为ZCH目标优化的形态参数的趋势取决于建筑类型和地块大小。综上所述,所有住宅类型均可实现ZCH,其中板式住宅可实现比例为61.00%,合院式住宅可实现比例为37.30%,塔式住宅可实现比例为18.35%。本研究为HSCW高密度住区的碳减排提出了新的思路,为相关案例提供参考。
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Regulation of water body cooling effects in dense Urban Areas: Roles of spatial configuration, spatial size, and built environment 城市密集地区水体降温效应的调控:空间格局、空间规模和建成环境的作用
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107149
Haojian Deng , Jiali Feng , Xi Chen , Yongzhu Xiong , Jingjing Cao , Kai Liu
The cooling effect of water bodies plays a crucial role in alleviating thermal stress in densely built urban areas. However, research on how spatial scale, configuration, and built environments regulate this cooling mechanism remains insufficient. This study adopts a local climate zone framework to classify urban built environments into four types. It examines the regulatory roles of spatial configuration, spatial scale, and built environment characteristics on the cooling effects of water bodies. Additionally, the study employs the Light Gradient Boosting Machine and Shapley Additive Explanations models to analyze the crucial factors influencing cooling effects. The main findings are as follows: (1) In terms of spatial configuration, isolated water bodies demonstrate stronger and more stable cooling effects due to fewer external disturbances and larger surface areas, with an Effective Cooling Distance Threshold (ECDT) reaching up to 400 m. However, non-isolated water bodies are generally smaller and exhibit a shorter ECDT of 350 m. Through spatial aggregation and connectivity, they can still achieve comparable cooling intensity to large isolated water bodies within the 0-150 m range. Regarding spatial scale, when the water body area exceeds 3.41 ha, its cooling intensity and diffusion capacity increase significantly. Large-scale water bodies maintain a cooling effect of 0.18 °C even at 350 m. In contrast, small-scale water bodies have limited local cooling capacity, and their effects decay rapidly with distance. (2) The built environment type significantly influences water body cooling effects. In compact, open-type, and large low-rise and impervious-surface-dominated built environment types, a higher Building area ratio (ABA) and average building volume (ABV) can produce shading effects during morning hours, enhancing the cooling effect of adjacent water bodies. (3) Within the ECDT range, the most critical regulatory factors are fractional vegetation cover, elevation, and impervious surface ratio. In contrast, the individual and interaction effects of average building height (ABH) exhibit relatively weak influences on water body cooling performance. These findings provide scientific support for understanding the thermal regulation mechanisms of blue infrastructure in dense urban environments and offer practical insights for optimizing urban climate resilience strategies.
在人口密集的城市地区,水体的降温效应对缓解热应力起着至关重要的作用。然而,关于空间尺度、结构和建筑环境如何调节这种冷却机制的研究仍然不足。本研究采用局地气候带框架,将城市建成环境分为四类。它考察了空间配置、空间尺度和建筑环境特征对水体冷却效果的调节作用。此外,采用光梯度增强机和Shapley加性解释模型分析了影响冷却效果的关键因素。结果表明:(1)在空间格局上,孤立水体由于受到的外部干扰较少、表面积较大,冷却效果更强、更稳定,其有效冷却距离阈值(ECDT)可达400 m。而非孤立水体一般较小,ECDT较短,为350 m。通过空间聚集和连通性,它们仍然可以达到与0-150 m范围内的大型孤立水体相当的冷却强度。在空间尺度上,当水体面积超过3.41 ha时,其冷却强度和扩散能力显著增加。大型水体即使在350米高度也保持0.18°C的冷却效果。相比之下,小规模水体的局部冷却能力有限,其效果随着距离的增加而迅速衰减。(2)建筑环境类型显著影响水体降温效果。在紧凑型、开放式和大型低层不透水面为主的建筑环境类型中,较高的建筑面积比(ABA)和平均建筑体积(ABV)可以在早晨产生遮阳效果,增强相邻水体的降温效果。(3)在ECDT范围内,最关键的调节因子是植被覆盖度、高程和不透水面比。而平均建筑高度(ABH)的个体效应和交互效应对水体冷却性能的影响相对较弱。这些发现为理解密集城市环境中蓝色基础设施的热调节机制提供了科学支持,并为优化城市气候适应策略提供了实践见解。
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Spatial patterns and climate adaptation mechanisms of street-house systems in Chongqing traditional settlements 重庆传统聚落街巷系统的空间格局与气候适应机制
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107150
Pengcheng Liu , Xu Li , Haitian Lu , Li Yan
Global warming and loss of regional cultural expression present dual challenges. A research gap persists: the passive, low-energy experience of traditional settlements remains untransformed into quantifiable design guidelines. This study focused on typical traditional settlements in Chongqing, China (a hot-summer and cold-winter region). It adopted an integrated "street-house" system perspective to analyse how spatial elements influence wind and thermal environmental performance, and distilled climate-adaptive spatial form characteristics and rules to provide operable guidance for climate-adaptive urban design. First, a literature review and field surveys identified the spatial elements for subsequent quantitative analysis. Second, the study used a combined approach of orthogonal/full factorial experiments and numerical simulations to quantify contribution rates, nonlinear relationships, and interaction effects of selected spatial elements on wind and thermal environmental performance, laying a foundation for spatial pattern formulation. Results indicated street orientation dominated the wind environment (contribution rates of 76.7% for street and 98.7% for building) and height-to-width ratio dominated the thermal environment (55.1% and 66.4% for street and building, respectively). Second-floor cantilevered balconies and eaves also significantly affected the thermal environment. The wind environment exhibited two significant interaction effects: street orientation × through-flow doors and windows, and street height-to-width ratio × eaves width. The thermal environment had no significant interaction effects. The study further analysed contradictory and synergistic characteristics of spatial morphological elements in climate adaptation, extracting patterns addressing summer and winter needs. These findings deepened understanding of climate adaptability in traditional settlements, and provided quantitative basis and pattern references for climate-adaptive urban planning.
全球变暖和区域文化表达的丧失带来了双重挑战。一个研究缺口仍然存在:传统住区的被动、低能耗体验仍未转化为可量化的设计准则。本研究以中国重庆(夏热冬冷地区)典型传统聚落为研究对象。采用综合“街屋”系统视角,分析空间要素对风热环境性能的影响,提炼气候适应性空间形态特征和规律,为气候适应性城市设计提供可操作性指导。首先,通过文献综述和实地调查,确定了后续定量分析的空间要素。其次,采用正交/全因子试验与数值模拟相结合的方法,定量分析了空间要素对风热环境性能的贡献率、非线性关系和交互效应,为空间格局的构建奠定了基础。结果表明:街道朝向主导风环境(街道贡献率为76.7%,建筑贡献率为98.7%),高宽比主导热环境(街道贡献率为55.1%,建筑贡献率为66.4%);二层的悬挑阳台和屋檐也显著影响了热环境。风环境表现出两个显著的相互作用效应:街道朝向×通流门窗,街道高宽比×屋檐宽度。热环境的交互作用不显著。进一步分析了气候适应空间形态要素的矛盾和协同特征,提取了满足夏季和冬季需求的模式。这些发现加深了人们对传统聚落气候适应性的认识,为气候适应性城市规划提供了定量依据和模式参考。
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Anthropogenic heat amplification in industrial zones: Unraveling heat stress risk heterogeneity in river-sea dual-core cities 工业区人为热放大:揭示江海双核城市热应力风险异质性
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107151
Yujie Li , Jingfu Cao , Mingcai Li , Song Jiang , Jie Yang , Rui Xin , Ping Qu , Jing Chen , Jing Wang
River-sea dual-core cities exhibit marked climatic disparities between coastal and inland zones. A comprehensive analysis is therefore needed to reveal how urban form, geography, and industry jointly shape heat stress. Taking Tianjin as a representative case, this study employs an integrated approach that combines multi-source remote sensing, field surveys, and a dense meteorological station network to develop a practical assessment framework for these complex thermal dynamics. Our findings reveal three distinct thermal regimes governed by different mechanisms: compact urban cores experience intense dry heat driven by building density; coastal areas face significant humid heat stress due to marine influence and sea breeze dynamics; and specialized industrial zones create thermal anomalies that transcend conventional local climate zone (LCZ) classifications. The research demonstrates that while LCZ framework captures urban morphological variations, it requires substantial refinement to incorporate geographical context and industrial processes. Notably, our case study of the Wangkou industrial cluster shows that intensive energy consumption generates an average anthropogenic heat flux of 6.78.9 W/m2, substantially reshaping local microclimates. This pattern challenges conventional urban classification systems. In response to these distinct thermal regimes, we recommend implementing zonal mitigation strategies, including cool infrastructure in urban cores, ventilation corridors in coastal areas, and specialized thermal regulations for industrial zones. This study proposes a transferable framework for assessing urban heat risks and offers scientific support for spatially-optimized, climate-resilient planning in similar cities globally.
江海双核城市在沿海和内陆地区表现出明显的气候差异。因此,需要进行全面的分析,以揭示城市形态、地理和工业如何共同形成热应力。本研究以天津市为例,采用多源遥感、野外调查和密集气象站网络相结合的综合方法,构建了复杂热动力学的实用评估框架。我们的研究结果揭示了由不同机制控制的三种不同的热状态:紧凑的城市核心经历由建筑密度驱动的强烈干热;沿海地区由于海洋影响和海风动力而面临显著的湿热应力;和专门的工业区创造了超越传统的当地气候带(LCZ)分类的热异常。研究表明,虽然LCZ框架捕捉到了城市形态的变化,但它需要大量的改进,以结合地理环境和工业过程。值得注意的是,我们对王口产业集群的案例研究表明,密集的能源消耗产生了6.7-8.9 W/m2的平均人为热通量,极大地重塑了当地的小气候。这种模式挑战了传统的城市分类系统。为了应对这些不同的热状况,我们建议实施区域性缓解策略,包括在城市核心地区建立制冷基础设施,在沿海地区建立通风走廊,并为工业区制定专门的热法规。本研究提出了一个可转移的城市热风险评估框架,为全球类似城市的空间优化和气候适应型规划提供科学支持。
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Community-based solar-powered and open-air cooling shelter for urban heat mitigation 以社区为基础的太阳能和露天降温避难所,用于城市降温
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107153
Ji Yoon Bae , Eric Teitelbaum , Sara F. Jacoby , Dorit Aviv
The increasing frequency of heatwaves and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect pose growing public health risks, particularly for urban communities with limited access to cooling infrastructure. Conventional strategies—such as air-conditioned cooling centers—present challenges related to energy consumption, resilience, and equitable access. In response, we developed and tested a novel, open-air cooling shelter that can be installed as public infrastructure such as bus stops, designed to mitigate heat stress through solar-powered radiant and conductive cooling systems. Constructed in partnership with a community organization in a heat-vulnerable Philadelphia neighborhood, the shelter integrates a shading canopy, radiant cooling panels, and a conductive cooling bench, all operated by a fully off-grid renewable energy source. To examine its impact, we conducted thermal comfort surveys with community members as well as physiological and environmental measurements. Results showed that the shelter reduced occupants’ thermal stress by 35–45% compared to unshaded outdoor conditions using the Index of Thermal Stress (ITS), and subjective survey responses corroborated this improvement. Concurrently, energy monitoring validated the system’s self-sufficiency; solar energy generation surpassed the cooling demand by 40%. The combination of scalable technology and integrated local engagement, as modeled in this study, offers a replicable strategy for sustainable and inclusive urban heat mitigation.
热浪日益频繁和城市热岛效应造成越来越大的公共卫生风险,特别是对于使用制冷基础设施有限的城市社区。传统的战略,如空调冷却中心,在能源消耗、弹性和公平获取方面存在挑战。作为回应,我们开发并测试了一种新型的露天冷却罩,它可以安装在公共基础设施中,如公交车站,通过太阳能辐射和传导冷却系统来减轻热应力。该项目是与费城一个易热社区的社区组织合作建造的,它集成了遮阳篷、辐射冷却板和导电冷却工作台,所有这些都是由一个完全离网的可再生能源运行的。为了研究其影响,我们对社区成员进行了热舒适调查,并进行了生理和环境测量。使用热应力指数(ITS)的结果表明,与无遮蔽的室外条件相比,遮阳棚使居住者的热应力降低了35-45%,主观调查结果证实了这一改善。同时,能源监测验证了系统的自给自足;太阳能发电量比制冷需求高出40%。可扩展的技术和综合的地方参与的结合,在本研究中建模,为可持续和包容性的城市热缓解提供了可复制的策略。
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From cooling pathways to practical acclimating design: Urban park regulating potentials under Extreme Heat Events 从降温通道到实际适应性设计:城市公园在极端高温事件下的调节潜力
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107146
Jinchen Wang , Yan Sun , Qiping Lu , Qi Yang
Rapid urbanisation and global warming have intensified the frequency and severity of extreme heat events (EHEs), posing substantial challenges in urban areas. The urban park cool island effect (PCI) could aid in the mitigation of and adaptation to EHEs. However, its cooling intensity and underlying mechanisms in metropolitan regions under different heat extremes are unclear. To address this, we quantitatively assessed the PCI effect between EHEs and non-EHEs of two summer periods and identified universal PCI pathways. PCI effects were quantified across 109 urban parks within the Fifth Ring Road of Beijing using the equal radius and turning point methods. We then employed structural equation modelling (SEM) to elucidate the causal pathways among various factors during EHEs and non-EHEs. We found that: (1) the PCI of 109 urban parks was significantly stronger during EHEs than during non-EHEs, with PCI intensity varying from 0 to 10 °C, and the PCI exhibiting spatial heterogeneity along the urban–rural gradient; (2) urban park cooling service followed universal pathways between different EHE periods (June 2021 and July 2022) and present different pattern from four non-EHE periods.; (3) the differences between the SEM models were primarily driven by external impervious surfaces, vegetation cover, and three-dimensional building height in the park surrounding areas. This study not only reveals the PCI potentials under different heat extremes, but also deepens our understanding of PCI pathways, providing methodological and theoretical references for urban park extremes-adaptation planning and construction.
快速城市化和全球变暖加剧了极端高温事件(EHEs)的频率和严重程度,给城市地区带来了重大挑战。城市公园冷岛效应(PCI)有助于缓解和适应环境污染。然而,在不同极端高温条件下,其冷却强度及其机制尚不清楚。为了解决这个问题,我们定量评估了两个夏季EHEs和非EHEs之间的PCI效应,并确定了普遍的PCI途径。采用等半径法和拐点法对北京市五环内109个城市公园的PCI效应进行了量化。然后,我们采用结构方程模型(SEM)来阐明在EHEs和非EHEs中各种因素之间的因果关系。研究发现:(1)109个城市公园在生态环境污染期间的PCI显著强于非生态环境污染期间,PCI强度在0 ~ 10℃范围内变化,且PCI呈现出城乡梯度的空间异质性;(2)城市公园降温服务在不同EHE时段(2021年6月至2022年7月)具有普遍的路径,与4个非EHE时段呈现不同的格局;(3) SEM模型间的差异主要受公园周边不透水地表、植被覆盖和三维建筑高度的影响。本研究不仅揭示了不同极端高温条件下的PCI潜力,而且加深了我们对PCI路径的认识,为城市公园极端适应规划和建设提供了方法和理论参考。
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