Articles & Books

Selected Articles

2023

• Establishing a link between complex courtyard spaces and thermal comfort: A major advancement in evidence-based design.

• The effect of solar radiation on pedestrian thermal comfort: A climate chamber experiment.

• Development of a micro-scale heat island (MHI) model to assess the thermal environment in urban street canyons.

• Heat vulnerability and street-level outdoor thermal comfort in the city of Houston: Application of google street view image derived SVFs.

• Urban green and blue infrastructure effect on the micro-scale thermal environment in a residential neighborhood: Mueller, Austin, TX.

• Climatic and meteorological exposure and mental and behavioral health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

• The COMFA courtyard model for assessing courtyard thermal comfort in hot and humid regions: A comparative study with existing models.

• A workflow for rapid assessment of complex courtyard wind environment based on parallel lattice Boltzmann method.

• Exploring the Predictive Potential of Physiological Measures of Human Thermal Strain in Outdoor Environments in Hot and Humid Areas in Summer—A Case Study of Shanghai, China.

• Linking landscape spatial heterogeneity to urban heat island and outdoor human thermal comfort in Tokyo: Application of the outdoor thermal comfort index.

• A Framework for Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture: Cooling a Hot Urban Climate Through Design.

2022

• Microclimatic measurements in tropical cities: Systematic review and proposed guidelines.

• Modeling the relationships between historical redlining, urban heat, and heat-related emergency department visits: An examination of 11 Texas cities.

• Pedestrians' behavior based on outdoor thermal comfort and micro-scale thermal environments, Austin, TX.

2021

• Approaches for identifying heat-vulnerable populations and locations: A systematic review. 

• A multilevel approach for assessing the effects of microclimatic urban design on pedestrian thermal comfort: The High Line in New York.

• The role of outdoor microclimatic features at long-term care facilities in advancing the health of its residents: An integrative review and future strategies. 

• Urban heat island (UHI) variations within a city boundary: A systematic literature review. 

• Urban heat island (UHI) intensity and magnitude estimations: A systematic literature review.

• Improved methods for estimating mean radiant temperature in hot and sunny outdoor settings. 

2020

• Reducing the Incidence of Skin Cancer through Landscape Architecture Design Education.

• A Comprehensive Model for Estimating Heat Vulnerability of Young Athletes.

• Exploring the Suitable Assessment Method and Best Performance of Human Energy Budget Models for Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Hot and Humid Climate Area.

• An Energy Budget Model for Estimating the Thermal Comfort of Children.

• The Effect of Trees on Human Energy Fluxes: An experimental study in Guangzhou, China.

• An In-Depth Analysis of the Effect of Trees on Human Energy Fluxes.

• Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture for Human Health and Well-Being.

2019

• Correcting the Error in Measuring Radiation Received by a Person: Introducing Cylindrical Radiometers.

• Planning for spectator thermal comfort and health in the face of extreme heat: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic marathons.

2018

• Assessing UVB radiation received by school children in mid-latitude Ontario, Canada.

2017

• Urban heat islands as agricultural opportunities: An innovative approach.

• Modeling the Effects of Urban Design on Emergency Medical Response Calls during Extreme Heat Events in Toronto, Canada.

2016

• Post-positivist microclimatic urban design research: A review.

• The relationship between neighbourhood tree canopy cover and heat-related ambulance calls during extreme heat events in Toronto, Canada.

2015

• Designing urban parks that ameliorate the effects of climate change.  

• Thermal Comfort of Outdoor Spaces in Lahore Pakistan: Lessons for Bioclimatic Urban Design in the Context of Global Climate Change.

2013

• Climate-Responsive Landscape Architecture Design Education. 

• Effects of Summer Microclimates on Behavior of Lions and Tigers in Zoos.  

2012

• Human energy budget modeling in urban parks in Toronto, Ontario and applications to emergency stress preparedness.  

2011

• Ameliorating the effects of climate change: Modifying microclimates through design. 

2009

• Part A: Assessing the performance of the COMFA outdoor thermal comfort model on subjects performing physical activity.  

• Part B: Revisions to the COMFA outdoor thermal comfort model for application to subjects performing physical activity. 

2008

• Estimating the radiation absorbed by a human.

2001

• The Cooling Effects of Paddy Fields on Summertime Air Temperature in Residential Tokyo, Japan.

1997

• Modeling the effects of land use change on the water temperature in unregulated urban streams.  

• Effects of Paddy Fields on Summertime Air and Surface Temperatures in Urban Fringe Areas of Japan.  

1990

• Estimating Radiation Received by a Person Under Different Species of Shade Trees.

• A Model for Estimating Radiation Received by a Person in the Landscape.

1989

• Of What Comfort Value, a Tree?

1986

• Estimating Outdoor Thermal Comfort Using a Cylindrical Radiation Thermometer and an Energy Budget Model.

Selected Books

• Design with Microclimate: The Secret to Comfortable Outdoor Space.

• Microclimatic Landscape Design: Creating Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency

Last update on Oct. 2023.