COOLING SINGAPORE 2.0Measurement and modeling research to support Singapore's efforts to be a City in Nature.
To learn more about this project, explore the full research team's webpage. Featured publications: 1) Banerjee S., Ching, G.N.Y., Yik, S.K., Dzyuban, Y.; Crank, P.J.; Chow, W.T.L. (2022). Analysing impacts of urban morphological variables and density on outdoor microclimate for tropical cities: A review and a framework proposal for future research directions. Building and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109646. 2) Dzyuban, Y., Ching, G. N. Y., Yik, S. K., Tan, A. J., Banerjee, S., Crank, P. J., & Chow, W. T. L. (2022). Outdoor thermal comfort research in transient conditions: A narrative literature review. Landscape and Urban Planning, 226, 104496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104496 3) Dzyuban, Y.; Tan, A.; Ching, G.; Sin Kang, T; Banerjee, S.; Crank, P.J.; Chow, W.T.L. (2022). Sentiment Analysis of Weather-related Tweets in Hot Climates. Weather, Climate, and Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0159.1. |
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EDISON EASTLAKE - PHOENIX, ARIZONAWhere housing redevelopments incorporate heat exposure concerns into the redesign.
The City of Phoenix received $30 million in 2016 to redevelop public housing in the Edison Eastlake neighborhood, one of the hottest in the City. Our research explores the thermal environment of the neighborhood and models the potential cooling benefits of the redevelopment plan. Our research was funded by the National Science Foundation grant number DEB-1832016, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Program (CAP LTER) and by the Health Urban Environments Initiative with Arizona State University and the Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority (grant number AWD00033817). |
MENTAL HEALTH & AIR TEMPERATUREExploring the relationships between mental health and heat
Research published in Science of the Total Environment explores how hospitalizations for schizophrenia are attributable to ambient air temperature conditions. The healthcare burden associated with these ambient air temperature related schizophrenia hospitalizations is nearly $3 million per year in Phoenix, Arizona alone. |