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Small vegetated patches greatly reduce urban surface temperature during a summer heatwave in Adelaide, Australia

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As the global climate warms, cities worldwide face more frequent and extreme heatwaves. These events can affect human health and decrease liveability…

Tree effects on urban microclimate: Diurnal, seasonal, and climatic temperature differences explained by separating radiation, evapotranspiration, and roughness effects

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Increasing urban tree cover is an often proposed mitigation strategy against urban heat as trees are expected to cool cities through evapotranspiration and shade provision…

Assessing the effects of urban street trees on building cooling energy needs: The role of foliage density and planting pattern

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This study presents an one-way coupling approach between the ENVI-met microclimate model and the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program, to assess the effect of the urban greenery on the improvement of the buildings’ cooling energy needs, in a dense urban area in Thessaloniki, Greece…

Applying porous trees as a windbreak to lower desert dust concentration: Case study of an urban community in Dubai

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Windbreaks are rows of rough or porous materials that create aerodynamic shelter from wind or purify the wind. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of adding windbreaks of permeable trees in order to achieve a more comfortable microclimate and healthy atmosphere at an urban level…

Evaluation of shade profiles while walking in urban environments: A case study from inner suburban Sydney, Australia

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Precise shade distributions at the street level are an area of research of increasing importance to provide complete and high spatial and temporal resolutions of the amount and effectiveness of shade…

Investigating the effect of trees on urban quality in Dublin by combining air monitoring with i-Tree Eco model

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Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a common air pollutant that represents a significant threat to public health. In Dublin, a major source of PM2.5 is diesel exhaust, brake dust, and rubber tire particles from vehicles…

CFD simulation of the drag effect of urban trees: Source term modification method revisited at the tree scale

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Local air circulation is influenced by the drag forces exerted by urban vegetation. In this study, tree canopy parameterization in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with source term modifications is conducted at the tree scale, which builds upon the models previously used in the literature…

Effect of heavy metals and environmental variables on the assimilation of CO2 and stomatal conductance of Ligustrum lucidum, an urban tree from Mexico City

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Urban trees reduce CO2 and pollutants that represent a risk for human health in cities. In this work, we assessed the potential effect of heavy metals and environmental variables on the CO2 assimilation (A) and the stomatal conductace (gS) of Ligustrum lucidum, a common urban tree in Mexico City…

The influence of increasing tree cover on mean radiant temperature across a mixed development suburb in Adelaide, Australia

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The implementation of trees in urban environments can mitigate outdoor thermal stress. Growing global urban population and the risk of heatwaves, compounded by development driven urban warmth (the urban heat island), means more people are at risk of heat stress in our cities…

Modeling transpiration and leaf temperature of urban trees – A case study evaluating the microclimate model ENVI-met against measurement data

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Increasing vegetation cover in cities is a key approach to mitigating urban heat excess. However, both the effect of vegetation on microclimate and the…

The effect of street trees on property value in Perth, Western Australia

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Trees provide a variety of benefits to urban residents that are implicitly captured in the value of residential properties. We apply a spatial hedonic model to estimate the value of urban trees in 23 suburbs of Perth Metropolitan Area in Western Australia…

Comparing the annualised dynamic shade characteristics of twenty-one tree canopies across twenty-six municipalities in a high ambient UV climate, Queensland – Australia

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Standardised assessments comparing the surveyed shade quality characteristics of twenty-one trees currently established and growing in public parks and playgrounds in Queensland, Australia are presented for informing local government, shade designers and municipal planners…

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We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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