“…High-rise residential clusters and strips have emerged in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Soul, and other cities (Chau et al, 2007;Wang and Chien, 1999;Wong, 2004). The buildings of varying heights increase the morphological heterogeneity and vertical roughness of urban space, influence wind flow (Cionco and Ellefsen, 1998) and sunlight distribution (Oke, 1988;Robinson, 2006;Swaid, 1993), and mold the urban microclimate (Adolphe, 2001).…”