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Spatial-socioeconomic semantic integration of remote sensing and urban planning maps for improved urban thermal environment characterization 遥感和城市规划图的空间社会经济语义集成用于改善城市热环境表征
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107205
Yu Kang , Zhe Zhang , Jiating Li , Zongying Zhao , Dongxue Li , Jiahua Yu , Jingjing Zhang , Xinjia Zhang , Qiao Hu , Yixue Chen , Jiajing Chen , Lin Li
Rapid urbanization and climate change intensified the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of urban thermal environments (UTEs). Conventional UTE studies primarily focus on physical and land cover indicators, neglecting the underlying socioeconomic fabrics that describe human–environment interactions and drive thermal heterogeneity. This study develops a CNN (Convolutional Neural Networks) intelligent framework for socioeconomic indicator simulation, using for accurate UTE modeling. Socioeconomic indicators are intelligently derived from land use attributes contained in publicly available urban planning maps (UPMs), overcoming the long-standing data scarcity in UTE studies. These indicators were represented as probabilistic maps, offering spatially explicit and interpretable socioeconomic representations. The framework was first applied in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, and was further validated in an adjacent city, Kaifeng. Results indicate that the method achieves 0.61 to 0.69 test R2values across different urban contexts and timings, demonstrating robust and stable generalization. Feature importance analyses further proved that these socioeconomic indicators contribute 48.3% to 54.6% to the UTE modeling across the four seasons, implying the high importance of the socioeconomic indicators on UTE modeling. Ultimately, block-level UTE responses were derived to identify high-risk areas, with quantitative land use optimization strategies established. The framework translates UTE risk diagnostics into concrete spatial governance strategies, shifting from qualitative guidance toward data-driven risk mitigation. It provides urban planners with a quantitative tool to assess block-level thermal responses to land use patterns and to optimize urban form for improved thermal comfort and climate resilience in metropolitan areas.
快速城市化和气候变化加剧了城市热环境的时空异质性。传统的UTE研究主要关注物理和土地覆盖指标,忽视了描述人类与环境相互作用和驱动热异质性的潜在社会经济结构。本研究开发了一个CNN(卷积神经网络)智能框架,用于社会经济指标模拟,用于精确的UTE建模。社会经济指标从可公开获得的城市规划图(upm)中包含的土地使用属性中智能地推导出来,克服了UTE研究中长期存在的数据稀缺问题。这些指标被表示为概率图,提供空间明确和可解释的社会经济表征。该框架首先在中国河南省郑州市应用,并在邻近的城市开封市进一步验证。结果表明,该方法在不同城市背景和时间点上的检验r2值为0.61 ~ 0.69,具有鲁棒性和稳定性。特征重要性分析进一步证明,这些社会经济指标对UTE建模的四季贡献率为48.3% ~ 54.6%,说明社会经济指标对UTE建模的重要性较高。最终,导出了块级UTE响应来识别高风险区域,并建立了定量的土地利用优化策略。该框架将UTE风险诊断转化为具体的空间治理战略,从定性指导转向数据驱动的风险缓解。它为城市规划者提供了一种定量工具,以评估地块对土地利用模式的热响应,并优化城市形态,以改善大都市地区的热舒适和气候适应能力。
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Bottom-up mapping of urban building stock high-resolution energy profiles: A case study of the City of Melbourne, Australia 城市建筑存量高分辨率能源剖面的自下而上测绘:以澳大利亚墨尔本市为例
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107206
Ziying Sun, Ruijie Liu, Ben Liu, Zijun Ye, Victor Wei-Chung Chang, Jin Zhou
This study presents a high-resolution, bottom-up urban building energy model for the Australian context, underpinned by a comprehensive archetype library and demonstrated using the City of Melbourne as a case study. Addressing the national gap in spatially explicit and temporally granular simulations, the model computes energy demand from the individual building level up to the city scale using 79 archetypes spanning typologies, construction eras, and height classes. To enable large-scale implementation of the model, an automated workflow was established to extract geometric building information, integrate non-geometric building attributes, and run simulations with EnergyPlus as the core engine. The city-wide annual energy demand is estimated at 4,876 GWh. Across typologies, average annual energy use intensities (kWh·m⁻²) are highest for hospitals/clinics (376.2), followed by retails (213.0), commercial accommodations (210.5), houses/townhouses (143.0), offices (136.6), educational/research buildings (86.0), and residential apartments (73.8). Compared with reported references from yearly energy records, official reports, and public datasets, the simulated city-wide total is 7.9% higher than the reference value. At the typology level, deviations generally fall within ±20.0%, except for retails (30.5%). Overall, the findings reveal notable typological and spatial disparities: offices and residential apartments jointly account for over half of city-wide demand, while Melbourne CBD, Docklands, Parkville, and Southbank are major energy hotspots, collectively contributing around 70.0% of the city-wide total. At finer temporal resolutions, city-wide demand fluctuates between 7.2 and 18.5 GWh daily and ranges from 0.2 to 1.5 GWh hourly, exhibiting patterns characteristic of a temperate climate and a pronounced diurnal cycle aligned with occupancy and operational schedules. A Monte Carlo based uncertainty analysis further suggests model robustness, with uncertainty driven by input variability well bounded within 25.2% across typologies and 20.8% across spatial scales. By generating fine-grained, end-use-specific energy profiles, the model provides a solid analytical foundation for building energy planning and management, with potential to support Australia’s net-zero transition, and offers an extensible platform for future methodological advancements and scenario-based research.
本研究提出了一个高分辨率、自下而上的澳大利亚城市建筑能源模型,以综合原型图书馆为基础,并以墨尔本市为案例研究进行了演示。该模型利用79个原型,跨越类型学、建筑时代和高度类别,计算了从单个建筑到城市规模的能源需求,解决了空间明确和时间粒度模拟方面的国家差距。为实现模型的大规模实现,建立了以EnergyPlus为核心引擎,提取几何建筑信息、整合非几何建筑属性并运行仿真的自动化工作流程。全市每年的能源需求估计为4876千瓦时。在类型学,年平均能源使用强度(千瓦时·米⁻²)是医院/诊所(376.2)最高,其次是零售(213.0),商业设施(210.5),房屋/联排别墅(143.0),办公室(136.6),(86.0),教育/研究建筑和住宅公寓(73.8)。与年度能源记录、官方报告和公共数据集的报告参考值相比,模拟的全市总量比参考值高7.9%。在类型学水平上,偏差一般在±20.0%以内,零售业除外(30.5%)。总体而言,研究结果揭示了显著的类型和空间差异:办公室和住宅公寓共同占全市需求的一半以上,而墨尔本CBD、码头区、帕克维尔和南岸是主要的能源热点,共同贡献了全市总需求的70.0%左右。在更精细的时间分辨率下,全市需求在每天7.2至18.5千兆瓦时之间波动,在每小时0.2至1.5千兆瓦时之间波动,显示出温带气候的特征,以及与占用和运营时间表相一致的明显的日循环。基于蒙特卡罗的不确定性分析进一步表明了模型的稳健性,输入可变性驱动的不确定性在不同类型和空间尺度上分别在25.2%和20.8%之间。通过生成细粒度的、特定于终端用途的能源概况,该模型为建筑能源规划和管理提供了坚实的分析基础,有可能支持澳大利亚的净零转型,并为未来的方法进步和基于场景的研究提供了一个可扩展的平台。
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Urban heat & cool island: Investigating Pune’s (India) thermal dynamics using MODIS and Landsat 8–9 data 城市热岛和冷岛:利用MODIS和Landsat 8-9数据调查印度浦那的热动力学
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107174
Payal More , Dhaarna
The urban thermal dynamics of a city comprise of Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI) and the Urban Cool Island Effect (UCI) that influence the local climate. This research employs a spatial and comparative approach to analyze thermal variations in Pune, India, by studying the conditions across three distinct years-2016, 2020, and 2024, to capture yearly variations influenced by changes in human activity and environmental dynamics, particularly during the 2020 period marked by the COVID-19 lockdown in India. To evaluate the urban thermal patterns, the research integrates four indices (i) Land Surface Temperature (LST), (ii) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), (iii) Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI), and (iv) Normalized Difference Anthropogenic Impervious Surface Index (NDAISI). The spatial mapping has been done using Q-GIS, presenting diurnal and seasonal patterns for all indices. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Landsat 8–9 satellite data were utilized for April (summer) and November (winter) for the analysis. Statistical correlation techniques have been used to evaluate the interrelationship between LST with the other three indices. To capture the temporal disparity in heat retention and dissipation, it assesses interactions between these indices with diurnal and seasonal variations. Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity (SUHII) variation has been plotted using a Box and Whisker plot. The result suggests that Pune shows the UCI effect during the day, while the UHI effect during the night. During UCI (daytime), the results indicate a positive correlation between LST and NDAISI, whereas NDVI and NDMI exhibit strong negative correlations with LST, highlighting their cooling effects. The study highlights intra-urban thermal variation as an urban heat spread (UHS) effect. These findings provide valuable insights for urban planners and policymakers in developing heat action plans and climate-resilient urban strategies for Pune and similar cities.
城市热力动力学包括影响当地气候的城市热岛效应(UHI)和城市冷岛效应(UCI)。本研究采用空间和比较的方法,通过研究2016年、2020年和2024年三个不同年份的条件,分析了印度浦那的热变化,以捕捉受人类活动和环境动态变化影响的年度变化,特别是在印度2019冠状病毒病封锁的2020年期间。为了评价城市热格局,研究采用了4个指标(1)地表温度(LST)、(2)归一化植被指数(NDVI)、(3)归一化水分指数(NDMI)和(4)归一化人为不透水面指数(NDAISI)来评价城市热格局。利用Q-GIS完成了空间制图,呈现了所有指数的日和季节模式。利用中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)和Landsat 8-9卫星4月(夏季)和11月(冬季)的数据进行分析。利用统计相关技术评价了地表温度与其他三个指标之间的相互关系。为了捕捉热量保持和耗散的时间差异,它评估了这些指数与日和季节变化之间的相互作用。地表城市热岛强度(SUHII)的变化采用箱形图和须状图绘制。结果表明,浦那在白天表现出UCI效应,而在夜间表现出UHI效应。在UCI(白天)期间,LST与NDAISI呈显著正相关,而NDVI和NDMI与LST呈显著负相关。该研究强调了城市内部热变化作为城市热传播(UHS)效应。这些发现为城市规划者和决策者为浦那和类似城市制定热行动计划和气候适应型城市战略提供了宝贵的见解。
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Infrastructure access and availability as determinants of community vulnerability: A spatial analysis of 733 districts in India 基础设施的可及性和可用性是社区脆弱性的决定因素:印度733个地区的空间分析
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107182
Srijith Balakrishnan , Shivam Srivastava , Chirag Kothari
As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity, infrastructure planning must account for how existing deficits and disparities shape community vulnerability and recovery. While regional vulnerability and resilience frameworks consider infrastructure systems as core determinants, the interaction between infrastructure characteristics, such as access and availability, and their influence on community vulnerability remain underexplored, particularly in the Global South. To this end, we leverage open-source geospatial data to construct granular datasets for 733 districts in India and apply statistical methods to assess relationships between community and infrastructure-related characteristics. Specifically, we consider three dimensions of infrastructure at the district level: (a) regional critical infrastructure availability, (b) social infrastructure density, and (c) household-level essential utility access. Geographic distributions and distinct profiles of infrastructure characteristics, are identified by employing clustering algorithms on composite indicators, while spatial regression models evaluate the association between community vulnerability and infrastructure dimensions. Findings suggest that access to essential utilities is the strongest factor associated with reduced vulnerability, with a significant interaction between critical infrastructure availability and utility access, indicating potential synergistic effects. Regions with below-average infrastructure provisions are associated with higher community vulnerability and may therefore warrant greater resource investment to achieve equitable vulnerability reduction outcomes. This study provides empirical evidence of synergistic effects using district-level geospatial analysis, supporting coordinated infrastructure development at network and household levels to enhance community capabilities and resilience.
随着自然灾害的频率和严重程度的增加,基础设施规划必须考虑到现有的赤字和差距如何影响社区的脆弱性和恢复。虽然区域脆弱性和复原力框架将基础设施系统视为核心决定因素,但基础设施特征(如可及性和可用性)之间的相互作用及其对社区脆弱性的影响仍未得到充分探讨,特别是在全球南方。为此,我们利用开源地理空间数据构建了印度733个地区的颗粒数据集,并应用统计方法评估社区与基础设施相关特征之间的关系。具体来说,我们考虑了地区层面基础设施的三个维度:(a)区域关键基础设施的可用性,(b)社会基础设施密度,以及(c)家庭层面的基本公用事业接入。利用基于复合指标的聚类算法确定了基础设施特征的地理分布和不同概况,而空间回归模型则评估了社区脆弱性与基础设施维度之间的关系。研究结果表明,获取基本公用设施是降低脆弱性的最重要因素,关键基础设施可用性和公用设施获取之间存在显著的相互作用,表明潜在的协同效应。基础设施水平低于平均水平的地区,社区脆弱性更高,因此可能需要更多的资源投资,以实现公平的脆弱性减少结果。本研究通过地区级地理空间分析提供了协同效应的经验证据,支持网络和家庭层面的基础设施协调发展,以增强社区能力和抵御能力。
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Quantifying the synergy effects of climate policy portfolios: Evidence from China 量化气候政策组合的协同效应:来自中国的证据
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107198
Panpan Meng , Kui Liu , Zheyi Xia , Wenguang Chen
The integration of diverse policy instruments has emerged as a critical frontier in global climate governance, yet the logic governing the interaction of heterogeneous instruments remains underexplored. Leveraging China’s staggered implementation of the Low-Carbon City Pilot (LCP) and the Smart City Pilot (SCP) as a quasi-natural experiment, this study investigates their joint impact on urban pollution and carbon reduction efficiency (PCRE). Drawing on system innovation theory, this study finds that the interaction between the LCP and SCP generates a significant policy synergy effect (PSE) rather than trade-offs, thereby amplifying the effectiveness of individual interventions. Crucially, the empirical results uncover a distinct asymmetry in policy sequencing: implementing the LCP prior to the SCP yields significantly larger PCRE gains. Mechanism analysis indicates that this synergy is mediated by green technological innovation (GTI) and energy utilization structure (EUS). Furthermore, the results reveal that PSE exhibits significant temporal lag effects and demonstrates SCP-dominated spatial spillover. These findings advance the understanding of urban policy synergies, offering practical insights for optimizing complex climate policy portfolios.
多种政策工具的整合已成为全球气候治理的一个关键前沿,但管理异质性工具相互作用的逻辑仍未得到充分探索。本研究以中国错开实施低碳城市试点(LCP)和智慧城市试点(SCP)作为准自然实验,考察了它们对城市污染和碳减排效率(PCRE)的共同影响。利用制度创新理论,本研究发现LCP和SCP之间的相互作用产生了显著的政策协同效应(PSE),而不是权衡,从而放大了个体干预的有效性。至关重要的是,实证结果揭示了政策顺序的明显不对称:在SCP之前实施LCP会产生更大的PCRE收益。机制分析表明,绿色技术创新(GTI)和能源利用结构(EUS)是二者协同作用的中介。结果表明,PSE具有显著的时间滞后效应,并表现出scp主导的空间溢出效应。这些发现促进了对城市政策协同效应的理解,为优化复杂的气候政策组合提供了实际见解。
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An LLM-driven estimation framework for estimating regional travel structures based on spatiotemporal multi-modal travel data 基于时空多模态旅行数据的区域旅行结构估计框架
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107196
Huapeng Shen , Jiancheng Weng , Pengfei Lin
Accurately characterizing regional travel structures (the distribution of travel modes) is essential for developing targeted interventions to promote green mobility and inform sustainable urban policies. However, despite considerable emphasis on optimizing regional travel structures to promote sustainable urban development, existing methods frequently overlook crucial aspects such as spatial heterogeneity and dynamic travel behaviors, limiting their effectiveness in guiding adaptive urban planning strategies. To address this gap, this study proposes a novel framework based on a fine-tuned large language model (LLM) to estimate regional travel structures. By transforming multimodal data, the task is reformulated as a text-to-text estimation problem using Llama3, enhanced through domain knowledge and chain-of-thought prompting. Applied to 335 street-level units in Beijing, the proposed model significantly improves estimation accuracy, reducing RMSE and MAE by 18%–25% compared to baseline methods. The results uncover distinct spatial patterns, with core districts heavily reliant on public transit, whereas suburban regions show greater dependence on private cars. The proposed framework shows advanced AI’s potential to offer interpretable and precise decision-support tools for optimizing urban transportation systems.
准确描述区域旅行结构(旅行方式的分布)对于制定有针对性的干预措施以促进绿色交通和为可持续城市政策提供信息至关重要。然而,尽管现有方法相当重视优化区域旅行结构以促进城市可持续发展,但往往忽略了空间异质性和动态旅行行为等关键方面,限制了其指导适应性城市规划策略的有效性。为了解决这一差距,本研究提出了一个基于微调大语言模型(LLM)的新框架来估计区域旅行结构。通过转换多模态数据,使用Llama3将任务重新表述为文本到文本的估计问题,并通过领域知识和思维链提示进行增强。应用于北京335个街道单元,该模型显著提高了估计精度,与基线方法相比,RMSE和MAE降低了18%-25%。结果揭示了截然不同的空间格局,核心区严重依赖公共交通,而郊区则更依赖私家车。提出的框架显示了先进的人工智能为优化城市交通系统提供可解释和精确的决策支持工具的潜力。
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The robustness benefit of disorder: A global typological analysis of road network morphology and urban performance 无序的稳健性效益:道路网络形态和城市绩效的全球类型分析
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107204
Lin Wang , Jaeyoung Jay Lee , Junjie Hu
This study investigates the non-linear relationship between urban road network morphology and operational performance, challenging the traditional planning paradigm that geometric order and grid-like regularity universally equate to operational efficiency. Utilizing a dataset of 70 globally diverse cities, the research employs a multi-stage quantitative framework. First, K-means clustering is applied to stratify cities into distinct typologies based on structural and macroeconomic attributes. Second, Generalized Additive Models integrated with SHAP interpretation are utilized to deconstruct the non-linear, context-dependent determinants of network directional entropy. Third, the study applies Copula models to quantify the dependence structures between morphology and performance metrics, complemented by targeted attack simulations to assess dynamic topological robustness. Empirical results reveal a significant positive correlation between higher directional entropy and superior steady-state performance, specifically in reducing commute times and CO2 emissions. However, this relationship exhibits fundamental heterogeneity: while high-entropy, fine-grained networks derive resilience from topological redundancy, whereas hierarchical networks primarily derive resilience from capacity-driven efficiency rather than topological redundancy. These findings indicate that network optimization is strictly typology-dependent, necessitating context-specific planning strategies rather than universal geometric standardization.
本研究探讨了城市道路网络形态与运营绩效之间的非线性关系,挑战了将几何秩序和网格状规则等同于运营效率的传统规划范式。该研究利用了70个全球不同城市的数据集,采用了多阶段定量框架。首先,基于结构和宏观经济属性,应用k均值聚类将城市划分为不同的类型。其次,利用与SHAP解释相结合的广义可加模型来解构网络方向熵的非线性、上下文相关的决定因素。第三,该研究应用Copula模型来量化形态学和性能指标之间的依赖结构,并辅以目标攻击模拟来评估动态拓扑鲁棒性。实证结果表明,较高的方向熵与较好的稳态性能之间存在显著的正相关关系,特别是在减少通勤时间和二氧化碳排放方面。然而,这种关系表现出基本的异质性:高熵、细粒度的网络从拓扑冗余中获得弹性,而分层网络主要从能力驱动的效率而不是拓扑冗余中获得弹性。这些发现表明,网络优化是严格依赖于类型的,需要特定于环境的规划策略,而不是普遍的几何标准化。
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From hazard coupling to targeted governance: Decoding compound heat-flood risks in high-density urban areas through HEVA system combined with the LCZ framework 从危险耦合到目标治理:通过HEVA系统结合LCZ框架解读高密度城市地区的复合热洪风险
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107172
Jialu Gao, Jin Bai, Hongxuan Lan, Hongchi Zhang, Fei Guo, Peisheng Zhu, Xiaodong Lu
The ongoing rise in global temperatures has intensified the instability of the climate system, leading to more frequent extreme weather events with broader impacts. The interplay of multiple disaster types poses significant threats to public health and results in substantial economic losses. Some cities are hit by both heavy rains and floods during the hot season. The public has been seriously affected by the lack of coping measures. The risk of heat and flood in the high-density urban area of Wuhan is assessed by establishing the HEVA assessment system. The LCZ maps were generated using RS combined with the GIS method, and the compound heat-flood risk was assessed using copula function and XGBoost-SHAP method. The results indicate that: (1) The high heat risk in Wuhan's urban area is primarily concentrated in the southern parts of Jiangan, Jianghan and Qiaokou districts. The Lowest risk in the lakes and rivers region. The high flood risk areas are mainly located in the southern side of Jiangan, Jianghan and Qiaokou Districts, with the risk showing a scattered distribution;(2) The results of the compound heat-flood risk show that high values are in the central area of the city due to high construction density and frequent population activities, while the surrounding area of the city shows risk suppression,(3) The relative contribution of heat risk is greater than that of flood risk in the city. On the basis of the results of the study and the LCZ framework, targeted prevention and control strategies at the block scale are proposed.
全球气温持续上升加剧了气候系统的不稳定性,导致极端天气事件更加频繁,影响范围更广。多种灾害类型的相互作用对公众健康构成重大威胁,并造成重大经济损失。在炎热的季节,一些城市遭受暴雨和洪水的袭击。由于缺乏应对措施,公众受到了严重影响。通过建立HEVA评价体系,对武汉市高密度城区的热洪风险进行了评价。采用RS与GIS相结合的方法生成LCZ地图,采用copula函数和XGBoost-SHAP方法对复合热洪风险进行评估。结果表明:(1)武汉市城区高温高危区主要集中在江南、江汉区和硚口区;在湖泊和河流地区风险最低。洪涝高风险区主要位于江岸、江汉、硚口区南侧,风险呈分散分布;(2)复合热洪风险结果表明,由于建筑密度高、人口活动频繁,城市中心地区的热洪风险值较高,而城市周边地区的热洪风险值较低;(3)城市热洪风险的相对贡献率大于洪水风险。在研究结果和LCZ框架的基础上,提出了有针对性的块尺度防控策略。
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Regulation of blue-green landscape fragmentation on day-night surface urban heat island: A case study of Kunming 城市地表热岛对蓝绿景观破碎化的调控——以昆明市为例
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107173
Jiaxi Li , Zihan Liu , Zhenfeng Shao , Huyan Fu
Accelerating global urbanization has intensified the urban heat island (UHI) effect and exacerbated the fragmentation of blue-green landscapes (BGL) (i.e., water bodies and vegetation cover). While previous studies confirmed the mitigating impact of BGL on surface urban heat islands (SUHI), the dynamic influence mechanisms of their fragmentation on diurnal and seasonal SUHI intensity (SUHII) remain inadequately understood. Our study investigated Kunming, a representative plateau city, by integrating high-resolution land cover data with SUHII data. Using Pearson correlation analysis and generalized additive models, we systematically analyzed the diurnally differentiated impact mechanisms of six BGL fragmentation types (Intact, Interior, Dominant, Transitional, Patchy, and Rare) on the SUHII. The key findings: (1) BGL coverage reached 54.64 %, but the core area exhibited high fragmentation (Patchy + Transitional = 74.93 %). (2) SUHII showed spatial gradients (core > middle > expanded area), with stable nighttime values but significantly enhanced daytime intensity in summer. (3) Rare, Patchy, and Transitional types positively correlated with SUHII (r = 0.13 ∼ 0.60), while Dominant, Interior, and Intact types showed negative correlations (r = –0.03 ∼ –0.15). Crucially, their cooling effect demonstrated nonlinear enhancement when Intact/Interior exceeded 40 % coverage. Conversely, higher Patchy/Rare proportions exacerbated SUHII. (4) Patchy contributed most to diurnal SUHII (daytime: 56.47 %; nighttime: 51.59 %). The core and middle areas were dominated by highly fragmented types (Rare + Patchy > 68.45 %), while the Transitional type shaped the expanded area. This study reveals the impact mechanism of BGL fragmentation on the SUHI, informing UHI mitigation via landscape optimization.
全球城市化的加速加剧了城市热岛效应,加剧了蓝绿景观(即水体和植被覆盖)的破碎化。虽然以往的研究证实了BGL对地表城市热岛(SUHI)的缓解作用,但其破碎化对日和季节热岛强度(SUHII)的动态影响机制仍未得到充分了解。本文采用高分辨率土地覆盖数据与SUHII数据相结合的方法,对具有代表性的高原城市昆明进行了调查。利用Pearson相关分析和广义加性模型,系统分析了6种BGL破碎类型(完整、内部、主导、过渡、斑块和罕见)对SUHII的日差异影响机制。结果表明:(1)BGL盖度达到54.64%,但核心区破碎化程度较高(斑块+过渡性= 74.93%);(2) SUHII表现出空间梯度(核心>;中部>;扩大面积),夜间值稳定,但夏季白天强度显著增强。(3) Rare、Patchy和Transitional型与SUHII呈正相关(r = 0.13 ~ 0.60),而Dominant、Interior和unchanged型与SUHII呈负相关(r = -0.03 ~ -0.15)。至关重要的是,当完整/内部覆盖超过40%时,它们的冷却效果表现出非线性增强。相反,较高的Patchy/Rare比例加重了SUHII。(4)斑片对昼夜SUHII的贡献最大(白天56.47%,夜间51.59%)。核心区和中部以高度破碎型为主(Rare + Patchy > 68.45%),扩展区以过渡型为主。本研究揭示了BGL破碎化对城市热岛的影响机制,为通过景观优化缓解城市热岛提供参考。
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Unveiling the canopy heat trapping effect in green roofs: Thermo-dynamic mechanisms during subtropical urban heatwaves 揭示绿色屋顶的冠层吸热效应:亚热带城市热浪的热力机制
IF 12 1区 工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2026.107177
Bingyin Chen , Zhiquan Zhu , Wanxue Zhu , Xuemei Wang , Weiwen Wang
Amid accelerating global warming and intensifying urban heat islands, green roofs (GRs) are promoted as nature-based solutions for urban heat mitigation. However, their thermal performance in hot-humid subtropical climates remains underexplored, and observed warming phenomena are often overlooked. Here we use rooftop field experiments in Guangzhou, China, to compare GRs planted with Sedum spp. and Schefflera spp. against a bare roof during summer 2022 heatwaves. Combining high-frequency flux measurements, Bowen ratio energy-balance calculations and structural equation modelling, we analyse the mechanisms of roof–canopy thermal regulation. GRs reduced roof-surface temperature by 4–5 °C, associated with higher albedo (0.16–0.19 vs 0.10) and reduced net radiation (by 10–15 W m-2). Yet at 30 cm height, daytime canopy air temperature over GRs was 0.5–0.7 °C warmer than over the bare roof, with this warming intensifying by 0.06–0.15 °C per 1 °C increase in ambient temperature above 30 °C. We term this vertically non-uniform response the canopy heat-trapping effect, and show that it arises from reduced within-canopy wind speeds and diminished latent heat fluxes under heat stress, which limit the upward export of cool air. These findings challenge the common assumption that GRs provide uniformly cooling effects, and highlight the need to explicitly consider canopy ventilation and plant physiological responses when designing GRs to enhance thermal resilience in heat-vulnerable subtropical cities.
随着全球变暖的加速和城市热岛的加剧,绿色屋顶(GRs)被推广为基于自然的城市热缓解解决方案。然而,它们在亚热带湿热气候下的热性能仍未得到充分研究,观测到的变暖现象往往被忽视。在这里,我们在中国广州进行了屋顶田间试验,比较了在2022年夏季热浪期间种植景天属植物和舍弗勒属植物的GRs与光秃秃的屋顶。结合高频通量测量、波文比能量平衡计算和结构方程建模,分析了顶棚热调节的机理。GRs使屋顶表面温度降低4-5°C,反照率提高(0.16-0.19 vs 0.10),净辐射降低(10-15 W - m-2)。然而,在30厘米高度,GRs上方的日间冠层空气温度比光秃秃的屋顶高0.5-0.7°C,并且在30°C以上,环境温度每增加1°C,这种变暖就会加剧0.06-0.15°C。我们将这种垂直不均匀响应称为冠层吸热效应,并表明它是由于热应力下冠层内风速的降低和潜热通量的减少,这限制了冷空气的向上出口。这些研究结果挑战了GRs提供均匀冷却效果的普遍假设,并强调了在设计GRs以增强热脆弱的亚热带城市的热恢复能力时,需要明确考虑冠层通风和植物生理反应。
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