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Enhancing urban heat resilience through policy portfolios: A dynamic panel analysis of mortality risk in South Korea 通过政策组合提高城市热恢复能力：韩国死亡率风险的动态面板分析

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103193

Cherry Kim, Heeyeun Yoon

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Are activities areas (LCZ8) really warmer than other parts of the city? Case study in an old European city 活动区（LCZ8）真的比城市其他地方暖和吗？一个古老欧洲城市的案例研究

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103194

Guillaume Dumas, Valéry Masson, Julia Hidalgo

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Multiscale moderation of shade cooling from neighborhood to street: UAV evidence on pedestrian thermal burden in Incheon, South Korea 从社区到街道遮阳降温的多尺度调节：韩国仁川行人热负担的无人机证据

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103188

YouJoung Kim, Robert D. Brown

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Seasonal surface urban heat island clustering and thermal hotspot mapping: Dual-scale spatial diagnostics and planning implications for Colombo, Sri Lanka 季节地表城市热岛聚类和热热点制图：斯里兰卡科伦坡双尺度空间诊断和规划意义

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103186

H.S.R. Hettikankanama, Sandun M. Dassanayake, I. Mahakalanda, T.S. De Silva

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Rain-driven floods in New York City: An investigation using text-based data products 纽约雨水引发的洪水：使用基于文本的数据产品的调查

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-10-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103178

Rachel Lo, Bernice R. Rosenzweig, Mobin Rahimi-Golkhandan, Matina Shakya, Art T. DeGaetano, Franco A. Montalto, Philip M. Orton, Joshua Rapp, Timon McPhearson

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Automatic mapping of urban heat islands based on high-resolution climate simulations with application to French cities 基于高分辨率气候模拟的城市热岛自动制图及其在法国城市的应用

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103117

Gandome Mayeul Léger Davy Quenum, Aude Lemonsu, Léa Corneille, Elizabeth Harader-Coustau, Cécile Caillaud, Samuel Somot, Diego Monteiro, Tiago Machado, Shan Li, Mathis Chevé, Yves Richard

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Impacts of rooftop photovoltaics on urban heat island intensification across different provinces and urban morphologies in China based on LCZ 基于LCZ的中国不同省份和城市形态屋顶光伏对城市热岛加剧的影响

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103127

Chunxiao Zhang, Yazhou Qi, Hanguang Yu, Yang Yang, Le Yu, Yuqian Hu

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Just a street or a multi-functional space to mitigate and adapt to climate change? Perception and measurable benefits of a climate-friendly, urban rejuvenation project in Vienna, Austria 只是一条街道还是一个多功能空间来缓解和适应气候变化？奥地利维也纳气候友好型城市复兴项目的感知和可衡量效益

IF 7.5 2区工程技术

Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103126

Brader Patricia, Jiricka-Pürrer Alexandra

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An equivalent local meteorological reconstruction framework for quantifying the effects of vertical greening on microclimate and building cooling energy demand 用于量化垂直绿化对小气候和建筑制冷能源需求影响的等效局部气象重建框架

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103138

Yating Duan, Luo Wang, Wenyang Han, Zhixiang Zuo, Qianru Yang, Yin Zhang

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Does climate adaptation pilot policy enhance urban economic resilience? Evidence from Chinese cities 气候适应试点政策能否增强城市经济韧性？来自中国城市的证据

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Urban Climate Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2026.103131

Hantian Sheng, Xiaojing Li, Wenbo Hu

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