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The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies

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Urban morphology significantly affects the ecological effects of urban heat islands, ventilation, and atmospheric pollution. Here, we reveal the mechanisms linking the ecological effects of urban morphology to develop a planning approach for the collaborative optimization of multiple ecological effects. Considering Shenyang, a cold city in northern China, as the study area, a multiple regression model of morphological parameters and ecological effects was established, and the impact of morphological parameters on ecological effects was explored. The results show that the aspect ratio of the streets, building density, and vegetation coverage are sensitive to multiple ecological effects. The inflection point of the ecological effect function curve occurs when the aspect ratio of the building and building density are 0.2 and 0.3, respectively. In addition, for optimal design applications in typical areas of the city, to obtain a Pareto-optimal urban morphology, Grasshopper is used to establish a parametric platform, wherein a genetic algorithm solves the multiple regression equation set. Ultimately, five ecological effect indicators are optimized and show 8.4%, 5.0%, 31.6%, 33.1%, and 12.5% improvement. The study effectively constructs a collaborative optimization planning and design method for multiple ecological effects.

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This project was financially supported by the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51978421). The authors express their sincere gratitude to all members of the research team for their invaluable contributions.

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  1. School of Architecture and Planning, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110168, China

    Shiwen Zhou, Tiemao Shi, Sui Li & Jiayi Sun

  2. Institute of Spatial Planning and Design, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110168, China

    Tiemao Shi

  3. Institute of Ecological Urban Planning and Green Building, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110168, China

    Sui Li

  4. School of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Yixin Dong

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Zhou, S., Shi, T., Li, S. et al. The impact of urban morphology on multiple ecological effects: Coupling relationships and collaborative optimization strategies. Build. Simul. 16, 1539–1557 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-023-1057-6

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