ARTICLE ANALYSIS

Analysis of article using Artificial Intelligence tools





Id 2748
Author Gao Z.; Zaitchik B.F.; Hou Y.; Chen W.
Title Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five U.S. cities
Reference

Gao Z.; Zaitchik B.F.; Hou Y.; Chen W. Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five U.S. cities,Sustainable Cities and Society 81

Keywords United States; Atmospheric temperature; Cooling; Decision trees; Efficiency; Evapotranspiration; Land surface temperature; Landforms; Parks; Cooling effects; Cooling efficiency; Cooling intensity; Gaussian modeling; LST; Park cooling distance; Park cooling efficiency; Park cooling intensity; Urban heat island; Urban parks; cooling; Gaussian method; heat island; optimization; park design; urban planning; Gaussian distribution
Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127527666&doi=10.1016%2fj.scs.2022.103870&partnerID=40&md5=889bc33a14a8fcbcf649c7ce0af96cd0
Abstract Urban parks can cool the urban environment and mitigate the urban heat island effect. Quantifying the park cooling effect and its relationships with park characteristics is important to guide park design in practical urban planning. Therefore, we proposed a modified Gaussian model to estimate three park cooling indexes from the spatial perspective. Focusing on a total of 384 parks in five U.S. cities, the results show that most parks were ‘cold spots’, but their cooling effect varied markedly among different cities. Correlation analysis showed that the parks’ land surface temperature cooling intensity, distance, and efficiency were primarily influenced by park area. The surface evapotranspiration, to a great extent, affected the park cooling potential in Austin and Los Angeles. Further detailed analysis using a random forest model demonstrated non-linear sensitivities of park cooling effects to differences in the park area and evapotranspiration, which can inform the optimal path to maximize the park cooling benefits in the five study cities. This study provides an improved method to measure the park cooling effect and an understanding of the major influential factors, which can inform better urban park planning and management in the future. © 2022

Metodology

Technique

Keyword Find research methods used
Tentative Keyword Show Candidate Transition Variables for article (AI method)
Categories Find category for article (AI method)
Crossover theme Find social impact for article (AI method)
Wordcloud Show WordCloud from article (AI method)
Find semantically similar articles Find semantically similar articles (Semantic search)