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Exploring the impact of complex urban morphology on the urban heat island (UHI) effect is essential for sustainable environmental management and enhancing human well-being. This study explored the combined cooling effect of street canyon geometry and the surrounding built environment using a CatBoost model and the Shapley method. The findings indicated that in streets with low building height and density, a high proportion of sky and vegetation and a flatter skyline are conductive to mitigate UHI effect. In streets with high building height and density, a lower proportion of sky and vegetation, and a well-proportioned skyline, can effectively mitigate UHI effect. Regardless of the building density and height around the street, street trees are the optimal choice for greening construction and improvement of large and medium-sized cities in China, given their high controllability and the current urban stock background. Therefore, reasonable control and allocation of street trees can effectively adjust the street canyon geometry, providing suitable cooling strategies for streets with different surrounding built environments. This study proposed a method to mitigate the UHI effect through street canyon geometry, which can be extended to other high-density urban thermal environment studies and guide policymakers on street construction and urban design.
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This work is support by Science Foundation of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) under Grant No.21052290-Y and Team Construction and Talent training Fund Project of First-class Discipline (B) of Civil Engineering in Zhejiang Province No.11140031281901.
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Ziyi Liu: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Formal analysis, Writing—Original Draft, Writing—Review & Editing. Lihui Hu: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing—Review & Editing, Supervision. Huilin Chen: Conceptualization, Writing—Original Draft, Writing—Review & Editing. Zexun Li: Investigation, Data Curation. Ling Jiang: Investigation, Data Curation.
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Liu, Z., Hu, L., Chen, H. et al. Exploring the combined cooling effect of street canyon geometry and the surrounding built environment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 28507–28524 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33012-7
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