TY - JOUR
T1 - Applications of local climate zone classification scheme to improve urban sustainability
T2 - A bibliometric review
AU - Xue, Jiao
AU - You, Ruoyu
AU - Liu, Wei
AU - Chen, Chun
AU - Lai, Dayi
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The research was funded by the “Chenguang Program” supported by the Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission through Grant No. 18CG12. This work also received external funding from Shanghai Sailing Program of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality through Grant No. 19YF1424800.
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PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Many of the sustainable urban development issues, such as human heath, energy consumption, carbon emission, are related to the climate of cities. As a result, research insights gained in urban climate study can be applied to improve urban sustainability. Although the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) scheme was originally proposed to provide a standardized classification of landscapes to study urban air temperature, its use was not limited to the study of urban heat islands. This study explores the applications of LCZ scheme in various research domains by conducting a bibliometric analysis in CiteSpace on over 800 articles that cites the original article of LCZ. These articles cover a wide range of research categories including meteorology, atmospheric science, environmental science, remote sensing, building technology, civil engineering, ecology, urban studies, etc. The LCZ scheme facilitates urban climate data collection by refining monitoring network, providing reasonable modelling input, and improving database documentation. In addition to the study of urban heat islands, the LCZ scheme was applied in studies of urban thermal comfort, human health, building energy consumption, and carbon emission. The diffusion of the LCZ scheme to other research domains offers an example that the development of urban climate research advances sustainable urban development. This review provides insights of multidisciplinary studies related to urban climate for policy-makers, urban specialists, architects, ecologists, and others.
AB - Many of the sustainable urban development issues, such as human heath, energy consumption, carbon emission, are related to the climate of cities. As a result, research insights gained in urban climate study can be applied to improve urban sustainability. Although the Local Climate Zones (LCZ) scheme was originally proposed to provide a standardized classification of landscapes to study urban air temperature, its use was not limited to the study of urban heat islands. This study explores the applications of LCZ scheme in various research domains by conducting a bibliometric analysis in CiteSpace on over 800 articles that cites the original article of LCZ. These articles cover a wide range of research categories including meteorology, atmospheric science, environmental science, remote sensing, building technology, civil engineering, ecology, urban studies, etc. The LCZ scheme facilitates urban climate data collection by refining monitoring network, providing reasonable modelling input, and improving database documentation. In addition to the study of urban heat islands, the LCZ scheme was applied in studies of urban thermal comfort, human health, building energy consumption, and carbon emission. The diffusion of the LCZ scheme to other research domains offers an example that the development of urban climate research advances sustainable urban development. This review provides insights of multidisciplinary studies related to urban climate for policy-makers, urban specialists, architects, ecologists, and others.
KW - Building energy consumption
KW - Carbon emission
KW - Local Climate Zone (LCZ)
KW - Sustainable urban development
KW - Thermal comfort
KW - Urban climate
KW - Urban heat island
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U2 - 10.3390/su12198083
DO - 10.3390/su12198083
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85092929169
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 19
M1 - 8083
ER -