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{"title":"Air pollution Dynamics: The role of meteorological factors in PM10 concentration patterns across urban areas","authors":"Carolina Girotti ,&nbsp;Luiz Fernando Kowalski ,&nbsp;Tiago Silva ,&nbsp;Ezequiel Correia ,&nbsp;Alessandra R. Prata Shimomura ,&nbsp;Fernando Akira Kurokawa ,&nbsp;António Lopes","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution is a major health problem in urban areas, influenced by traffic and atmospheric conditions. This study investigates the relationship between meteorological factors—wind direction, wind speed, boundary layer height, and atmospheric stability<!--> <!-->conditions —street trees, and PM10 concentration in three urban canyons: Avenida da Liberdade and Estrada de Benfica in Lisbon, and Marginal Tietê in São Paulo. Five years of hourly meteorological data and PM10 concentrations were analysed. Despite differences in scale and traffic volume, the results show that PM10 concentration patterns were similar in both Lisbon study areas. These areas also indicated a significant influence of atmospheric variables such as wind speed, boundary layer height, and atmospheric stability<!--> <!-->conditions. Tietê, with a higher vehicle density and different atmospheric conditions (lower wind speeds and greater atmospheric stability), presents higher PM10 peaks. Seasonal analysis revealed distinct patterns influenced by atmospheric instability, wind speed, and direction. In winter, areas with dense street tree cover had reduced PM10 levels, while those without showed higher concentrations due to increased stability. Wind direction played a crucial role, favouring the pollutant dispersal in canyons with parallel winds. The Factorial Analysis of Mixed Data method identified qualitative variables linked to the seasons, wind direction, and presence of trees. PM10 levels below the were associated with the summer and autumn period, parallel winds, and street trees, while levels above the limit were linked to winter period and areas without street trees. By integrating big data analytics with environmental monitoring, this research underscores the importance of considering the local atmospheric conditions and environmental variables in the urban air quality management. Thus, it demonstrates that the traffic volume alone does not determine PM10 concentrations; instead, the interplay of multiple factors, including meteorological conditions and urban planning, played a crucial role. This study provides valuable insights for developing effective strategies to mitigate urban air pollution and protect public health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"25 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143128769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate stressors and adaptation strategies using green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems in urban areas: Improving design and functionality","authors":"Ebru Özer ,&nbsp;Berrin Tansel","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate stressors and their implications for stormwater management require evaluating climate-related threats and opportunities and implementing effective green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems to improve the resiliency and climate adaptation of communities, especially in urban areas. This study provides an evaluation of appropriate GSI systems that are aligned with specific climate conditions to analyze the relationship between climate types and the existing GSI practices; classify GSI implementation impediments; and identify appropriate GSI practices for different climate conditions. The existing GSI practices were critically analyzed as case studies in four different Köppen–Geiger climate regions, in view of their climate-specific GSI attributes. Our findings indicate that: (1) climate is an important factor in the design and implementation of GSI practices, and therefore, climate-specific factors need to be considered when designing effective GSI systems; (2) the implementation of climate-appropriate GSI practices can reduce climate-related stresses in communities; (3) utilizing combinations of different GSI systems improves their ability to function effectively across a wide range of climate conditions (i.e., climate events ranging from droughts to flooding); and (4) effective GSI practices can provide multiple benefits to communities (i.e., improved climate resiliency and adaptation to climate change, effective water and stormwater management practices).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"25 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143128768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Investigating physiological responses and fine particulate matter retention of urban trees in Budapest","authors":"Haimei Chen ,&nbsp;Levente Kardos ,&nbsp;Haibin Chen ,&nbsp;Veronika Szabó","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100182","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100182","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The urban environment is posing substantial challenges to both human well-being and the growth of plantations. Deploying advanced urban trees that effectively interact with atmospheric pollution will be a crucial step in urban planning. However, there is a paucity of knowledge in Hungary regarding these aspects. We studied the photosynthesis activities of three commonly planted trees (<em>Acer platanoides, Fraxinus excelsior,</em> and <em>Tilia tomentosa</em>) from two locations in Budapest, as well as their potential of capturing fine particulate matter on leaf surfaces. Our results reveal that <em>T. tomentosa</em> has developed a denser canopy and better photosynthetic activities, hence enhancing its adaptation to the urban environment in Budapest. F. excelsior showed a higher amount of fine PM wash-off, as it has a smoother leaf surface and was subjected to influences from wind speed and precipitation, making the captured particles more easily dislodged. Whereas fine PM concentration of <em>A. platanoides</em> and <em>T. tomentosa</em> were influenced by ambient PM₁₀ and PM_2.5, which might retain on their rough and hairy leaf surfaces. Approximately 38.17 tons of fine PM could be retained on urban greenery of Budapest at any given moment, highlighting the significant ecological and economic benefits of urban greenery. However, more accurate and long-term modeling is needed to develop a sustainable strategy for maximizing these benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100182"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Applications of remote sensing and GIS techniques for identifying of the plastic waste from space: Evidence from Khulna city corporation in Bangladesh","authors":"Md Nahid Ferdous ,&nbsp;Mohammad Ismail Hossain ,&nbsp;Mohammed Manik","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100179","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100179","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plastic waste poses a significant threat to the environment, public health, and aquatic life. Several methods are now under development in many studies to monitor plastic waste through earth observation satellites. These methods were successfully applied to monitor plastic litter and debris. Due to the special optical signature of plastic, it is easy to identify it in aquatic environments. But in the case of identifying plastic waste on land or in a terrestrial environment, it is very difficult as different types of land cover have their own special optical signature. Conducting field surveys could be a possible solution for monitoring plastic waste on land, but it’s costly and time-consuming. To tackle this problem, remote sensing-based observation can make a sustainable contribution. This study aims to identify plastic waste on land by the combination of Sentinel-2 imagery and two supervised classification algorithms: (1) maximum likelihood and (2) support vector classification. Two locations where plastic waste was recycled were considered for conducting this study by field observations. A total of 60 samples have been taken in this study, out of which 80% (48) have been taken as training samples and the remaining 20% (12) have been taken as testing samples, and the entire process was done using ArcGIS 10.8. This analysis revealed that algorithms used in this study successfully identify plastic waste on land, and between two algorithms, support vector classification achieves the highest accuracy (93%). Bands 6, 7, and 8 show higher spectral reflectance for plastic. The finding suggests that supervised algorithms can be used to identify plastic waste on land. Other algorithms, high-resolution satellite imagery, and a larger dataset are necessary to identify smaller plastic waste on land. This study will help policymakers and decision-makers at national and local levels to identify and management of plastic waste in a sustainable way.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100179"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship between negative air ions and environmental factors in the urban forest parks of Yangzhou in urban and suburban areas","authors":"Xin Wan ,&nbsp;Runyang Zhou ,&nbsp;Liwen Li ,&nbsp;Can Yang ,&nbsp;Jingwei Lian ,&nbsp;Jiaojiao Zhang ,&nbsp;Sian Liu ,&nbsp;Wei Xing ,&nbsp;Yingdan Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100181","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Negative air ions (NAIs) play an important role in human well-being, serving as key indicators of air cleanliness and contributing to both psychological and physiological health. This study aims to investigate the factors influencing NAI concentration in urban and suburban forest parks, enhancing our understanding of the correlation between NAIs and environmental factors. Songjiacheng Urban Forest Park and Runyang Wetland Suburban Forest Park in Yangzhou City were selected as the subjects of this research, and continuous measurements of NAI concentration were conducted over a three-year period. Additionally, seven meteorological factors were monitored. A random forest model was employed to analyze and compare the data from the two forest parks, identifying the environmental factors with significant impacts on NAI concentration. The results indicate that in Songjiacheng Urban Forest Park, NAIs exhibited significant sensitivity to temperature, followed by atmospheric pressure. Conversely, in Runyang Wetland Suburban Forest Park, PM2.5 (particulate matter 2.5) exerted the greatest impact on NAIs, followed by humidity. We conducted a thorough analysis of data to explore the intricate connections between negative air ions and a variety of environmental factors within two urban forest parks. Our findings have significantly broadened our perspective on the characteristics of Negative Air Ions (NAIs) and their management implications within these urban green spaces. This enhanced understanding is pivotal for developing more effective strategies for environmental stewardship and the preservation of these vital urban ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100181"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Citizen perceptions and interactions towards self-sufficiency, community plot ratio and civic generosity within sustainable neighbourhoods","authors":"Joseph Llewellyn,&nbsp;Cecilia Katzeff,&nbsp;Daniel Pargman,&nbsp;Fredrik Johansson","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released design indexes for sustainable neighbourhoods, including self-sufficiency, community plot ratio and civic generosity. However, they are developed from an urban planning perspective and not researched in relation to: a) the citizen perspective and b) how citizen interactions can contribute to the environment. Therefore, this research tests a novel set of indexes with an underused method of ethnographic video interviews with 14 citizens of a known sustainable neighbourhood in Stockholm, Sweden. A thematic analysis conducted on 28 h of interview data collected over a 4-week period yielded 5 main themes, from outdoor public spaces. Self-sufficiency findings suggest that citizens 1) perceive small scale self-sufficiency to be challenged by large scale structural efficiency and 2) circular actions with food waste to biogas can develop the self-sufficiency index further. Community plot ratio findings suggest that citizens 3) perceive community spaces to be accessible for all but not used by all. Civic generosity findings suggest citizens 4) perceive an imbalance between self-interests of the individual versus collective interests of the community, while 5) experienced citizens feel personally responsible to pioneer civic generosity interactions. UNEP indexes for designing neighbourhoods can define local sustainability, however, our findings support this, only if they can be acted upon by the citizens who live there.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of primary and cascading hazards by exploring individuals’ willingness-to-pay for urban sustainability policies","authors":"George Halkos ,&nbsp;Panagiotis-Stavros Aslanidis ,&nbsp;Conrad Landis ,&nbsp;Lydia Papadaki ,&nbsp;Phoebe Koundouri","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The motivation of the present review is to comprehend the interaction between primary and cascading hazards in urban areas, aiming to create a novel holistic approach that improves urban sustainability based on individuals’ preferences for urban ecosystem services (ES) preservation. The objectives are to monitor valuation studies revealing willingness to pay (WTP) for urban challenges, assess non-marketed valuation studies, and examine hazard interactions and their impacts. Using data from Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory and Ecosystem Services Valuation Database, 80 studies on 220 WTP values were analyzed in the period 2000–2023. The findings show a mean WTP (MWTP) of 142€ for heatwave mitigation and 76€ for air pollution. Moreover, in terms of cascading hazards, the highest MWTP was for population density (298€), followed by biodiversity loss (96€), health issues (63€), and lastly by traffic and noise with 42€. Biodiversity loss emerged as the top concern, urging policymakers to enhance urban resilience. The review contributes to the latest literature regarding the MWTP for ES in urban settlements and provides relevant policy implications in order to improve urban resilience, safeguarding both human health and the natural environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100178"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142657776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate change hazards and the resilience of coastal cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: A systematic review","authors":"Abdulla Almheiri ,&nbsp;Jorge F. Montenegro ,&nbsp;Ewane Basil Ewane ,&nbsp;Midhun Mohan","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change hazards continue to pose detrimental impacts on coastal cities in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman) of the Middle East, which undermines their climate resilience. The situation is exacerbated by the rapid urban development in coastal cities in the GCC countries over the past 20 years. This review study examined the climate change hazards that are having negative impacts on the resilience of coastal cities in the GCC countries using a systematic literature review approach. It also explores the urban resilience strategies implemented towards climate change hazards mitigation and adaptation in order to build climate-resilient coastal cities in the GCC countries. A total of 48 peer-reviewed articles were included in the systematic review derived from Scopus, WoS, and Google Scholar, covering the nine coastal cities in the six GCC countries. Most of the studies were focused on the coastal cities of Jeddah (30 %) in Saudi Arabia and Doha (24 %) in Qatar, compared to the other seven coastal cities in the GCC countries. Flooding, rising temperature, sea level rise, dust storms, cyclones, and migration of sand dunes were the six most reported climate change hazards, respectively, posing significant negative impacts on coastal cities and undermining their resilience to current and future climate change impacts. The various urban resilience strategies implemented against climate change hazards were categorised under five resilience dimensions: infrastructure resilience, social resilience, environmental resilience, economic resilience, and governance and policy resilience dimensions. The infrastructure resilience dimension was reported in 50.7 % of the studies, since it is the most implemented, while far less research attention was given to the environmental (14.5 %), government and policy (8.7 %), and economic (2.9 %) resilience dimensions of coastal cities in the GCC countries. The urban resilience strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation were reported to have successfully reduced the vulnerability of coastal cities to climate change hazards over the past decade, by improving their climate resilience. The findings contribute to informing urban planning policy-making focused on coastal environmental management in the coastal cities of the GCC countries that should further enhance the climate resilience of these coastal cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100177"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health impact assessment of exposure to road traffic noise and air pollution according to pre- and post-densification scenarios in Helsingborg, Sweden","authors":"Erin Flanagan ,&nbsp;Kristoffer Mattisson ,&nbsp;Anna Oudin ,&nbsp;Susanna Gustafsson ,&nbsp;Ebba Malmqvist","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100176","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100176","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A prevalent solution to accommodate population growth due to urbanization is densification. However, this often pushes new residential housing closer to roads, increasing exposure to both noise and air pollution. The present study’s aim was to estimate the health impacts of road traffic-related noise and air pollution for a low-income area (Drottninghög) in Helsingborg, Sweden, according to pre-densification (2012) and post-densification (2030) scenarios.</div><div>Road traffic noise was simulated at the façade of residential buildings using the Nordic prediction method, and exposure was assessed using SoundPLAN. Exposure-response functions (ERF) from the WHO were utilized for the following health outcomes associated with noise: annoyance, adverse sleep disturbance, ischemic heart disease (IHD) incidence and IHD mortality. Air pollution (nitrogen dioxide, NO₂) was assessed using a Gaussian dispersion model (AERMODE). Health outcomes associated with NO₂ included natural cause mortality, pediatric asthma, respiratory hospitalizations and low birth weight (LBW). ERFs were derived from meta-analyses. Health impact assessments were then performed for both scenarios.</div><div>Densifying Drottninghög according to the municipality’s planned strategy would lead to a 15 % unit increase in the proportion of residents exposed to road traffic noise above the WHO’s health-based guideline value (53 dB(A) L_den). This was estimated to markedly increase the proportion of residents highly annoyed by traffic noise (7.4–13.9 %) as well as those highly sleep disturbed (3.0–4.9 %). IHD incidence and IHD mortality attributed to noise would increase by an estimated 49 % and 44 %, respectively, post-densification. NO₂ exposure was estimated to increase slightly (0.7 µg/m³) post-densification, which would contribute to an estimated 4–6 % increase in natural cause mortality, pediatric asthma, respiratory hospitalization and LBW.</div><div>Urban planning initiatives need to consider these prevalent urban environmental exposures and integrate a public health perspective into densification strategies. Doing so can create synergies in the built environment that promote healthy, sustainable cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100176"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142572756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mapping heat-related risks in Swiss cities under different urban tree scenarios","authors":"Myke Koopmans ,&nbsp;Jonas Schwaab ,&nbsp;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera ,&nbsp;Edouard L. Davin","doi":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>About three quarter of Swiss residents live in urban areas, and this proportion is expected to grow in future decades. An increasing number of people will therefore be exposed to urban heat, which can have adverse effects on human wellbeing, productivity and physical health.</div><div>We explore the possibility to detect high-risk areas in five Swiss cities with the development of an urban heat-based risk-mapping approach. The included cities are Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich. The analysis is based on a combination of biophysical, including Landsat 8 derived Land Surface Temperature (LST), and socioeconomic data. Additionally, we assess the impact of urban trees on urban heat within the districts of these cities, helping to estimate how risk levels would change under two scenarios: one with increased tree cover (MaxTree) and another with no (NoTree) urban trees.</div><div>The assessment on the impact of urban trees on heat showed that the areas with urban trees generally experience cooler temperatures compared to those without, both at the city and district levels. This underscores the positive role of urban trees in mitigating the urban heat effect.</div><div>The risk mapping approach revealed a distinct spatial pattern for each city and high risk areas were identified.</div><div>Generally, the high-risk areas in the analyzed cities cover the city centers and areas with high vulnerability.</div><div>The ‘NoTree’ scenario showed higher risks compared to the baseline situation, illustrating that urban trees currently mitigate heat related risks in Swiss cities. The ‘MaxTree’ scenario results in lower risks, especially in the cities of Lausanne and Bern.</div><div>The presented risk mapping approach, including the two idealized scenarios, can be used by policy- and decision-makers (e.g. city planners) can be a tool to determine where urban planning actions are the most urgent and where trees could be most beneficial in terms of adaptation to heat. The approach is easily adaptable and transferable to other cities, since it relies on a clear and simple methodological framework, openly available LST data, and basic socioeconomic variables at district scale that are available for many cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":52395,"journal":{"name":"City and Environment Interactions","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 100175"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142528436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}