A field study of urban microclimates in London

Shahrestani, Mehdi; Yao, Runming; Luo, Zhiwen; Turkbeyler, Erdal; Davies, H.A.

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.061

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“…However, there is a lack of empirical literature in this field. Further, much of the empirical adopt case studies [16][17][18], field studies [19,20], static panel analysis [21][22][23], there are also a few literature that adopt dynamic panel approach [24,25], but none of those was focused on the case of China. The scarce empirical literature which adopted panel approach is focused on European countries [22,25], Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries [23], and advanced countries in wind power development [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

Factors That Influence Renewable Energy Technological Innovation in China: A Dynamic Panel Approach

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Sustainability

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Abstract:We examine the driving effects of various factors on technological innovation to renewables (TIRES), focusing on a set of 29 provinces in China, and apply a dynamic panel approach. China has become a leading player in research and development spending in renewables, and the dynamic panel estimators we use prove themselves to be suitable in handling the persistent effect on TIRES. The level of TIRES in the previous periods is positively and highly correlated with that in the current period and confirmed the need for a stable and consistent policy support for renewables. Electricity consumption is the most important driver for all renewables and wind energy, but the driving effect was weaker for solar energy and biomass. Research and development intensity is the most important driver for biomass, but is only the second most important driver for all renewables, solar energy and wind energy. Unexpectedly, electricity price has had significant negative impacts on TIRES, which reveals that lowering electricity prices will lead to higher innovation in renewables. The driving effect of renewable energy tariff surcharge subsidy is not significant, which means that Chinese subsidy policy has not played the desired role. The driving effect of installed renewable energy capacity is also minimal, which may be due to the fact that overcapacity will hinder TIRES in China. This paper may help policy-makers and the industry understand how to promote TIRES in China effectively based on these above influential factors.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors That Influence Renewable Energy Technological Innovation in China: A Dynamic Panel Approach

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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“…The urban texture is element configuration of surface characteristic that impacts air and surface temperature, solar irradiation on horizontal and vertical surfaces, wind speed and direction [13]. Urban texture related to construction material, form (smooth and roughly the surface) and color elements that affect the heat gains and albedo.…”

Section: The Impact Of Urban Physical Development On Thermal Environmmentioning

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A Review of Thermal Environmental Quality in Residential Areas in Tropical Cities

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Triyadi

Wonorahardjo

2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Urban microclimates are the most complex forms of microclimates and one of the most studied and researched topics by geographers and meteorologists [1]. Multiple urban climate studies have examined microclimate conditions influenced by environmental settings within an urban area [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Shahrestani et al [5] revealed that microclimatic parameters are significantly influenced by the attributes of the urban textures in the field study for a dense urban area of London.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Multiple urban climate studies have examined microclimate conditions influenced by environmental settings within an urban area [2][3][4][5][6][7]. Shahrestani et al [5] revealed that microclimatic parameters are significantly influenced by the attributes of the urban textures in the field study for a dense urban area of London. In the Dhaka study, Sharmin et al [6] indicated that diversity in urban geometry (i.e., tropical warm-humid context and deep or uniform urban canyons) could create significant variation in microclimatic conditions.…”

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A Microclimate Study of Traffic and Pedestrianization Scenarios in a Densely Populated Urban City

Wong¹

2020

Advances in Meteorology

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Urban streets are known to have a significant role in creating urban microclimates. This study aims to empirically quantify temporal and spatial microclimate variation within the same street configurations with pedestrian schemes. To evaluate the urban microclimates at the pedestrian level, a detailed monitoring project was performed at five representative locations near intersections, within a busy street canyon of the typical urban community in a densely populated urban city. Monitoring was done for warm and cool seasons. A strong, significant correlation (p<0.01) was found under multiple time scenarios (traffic, nontraffic, and as a whole) and for both seasons. These findings suggest that the average urban daily temperature was not significantly reduced when there was no vehicular traffic present, whereas pedestrian activity contributed to urban heat regardless of the season. These findings provide an essential foundation for further studies on urban microclimates within pedestrianized areas and will likely lead to better urban design and policy management, especially concerning thermal comfort and Quality of Life at the pedestrian level.

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A field study of urban microclimates in London

Cited by 59 publications

References 12 publications

Factors That Influence Renewable Energy Technological Innovation in China: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Factors That Influence Renewable Energy Technological Innovation in China: A Dynamic Panel Approach

A Review of Thermal Environmental Quality in Residential Areas in Tropical Cities

A Microclimate Study of Traffic and Pedestrianization Scenarios in a Densely Populated Urban City

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