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DOI	10.3390/su13179617
	Solar Irradiance Reduction Using Optimized Green Infrastructure in Arid Hot Regions: A Case Study in El-Nozha District, Cairo, Egypt
	Elbardisy, Wesam M.; Salheen, Mohamed A.; Fahmy, Mohammed
通讯作者	Elbardisy, WM (corresponding author), Ain Shams Univ, Fac Engn, Cairo 11517, Egypt.
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2021
卷号	13 期号:17
英文摘要	In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, studies focused on the relationship between urban planning practice and climatology are still lacking, despite the fact that the latter has nearly three decades of literature in the region and the former has much more. However, such an unfounded relationship that would consider urban sustainability measures is a serious challenge, especially considering the effects of climate change. The Greater Cairo Region (GCR) has recently witnessed numerous serious urban vehicular network re-development, leaving the city less green and in need of strategically re-thinking the plan regarding, and the role of, green infrastructure. Therefore, this study focuses on approaches to the optimization of the urban green infrastructure, in order to reduce solar irradiance in the city and, thus, its effects on the urban climatology. This is carried out by studying one of the East Cairo neighborhoods, named El-Nozha district, as a representative case of the most impacted neighborhoods. In an attempt to quantify these effects, using parametric simulation, the Air Temperature (T-a), Mean Radiant Temperature (T-mrt), Relative Humidity (RH), and Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) parameters were calculated before and after introducing urban trees, acting as green infrastructure types that mitigate climate change and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Our results indicate that an optimized percentage, spacing, location, and arrangement of urban tree canopies can reduce the irradiance flux at the ground surface, having positive implications in terms of mitigating the urban heat island effect.
英文关键词	tree microclimate thermal comfort urban heat island ENVI-met solar irradiance
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000694533300001
WOS关键词	SKY VIEW FACTOR ; THERMAL COMFORT ; ENVI-MET ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; URBAN ; MICROCLIMATE ; CITIES ; IMPACT ; AREAS ; TREES
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/368477
作者单位	[Elbardisy, Wesam M.; Salheen, Mohamed A.] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Engn, Cairo 11517, Egypt; [Fahmy, Mohammed] Mil Tech Collage, Dept Architecture Engn, Cairo 11662, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Elbardisy, Wesam M.,Salheen, Mohamed A.,Fahmy, Mohammed. Solar Irradiance Reduction Using Optimized Green Infrastructure in Arid Hot Regions: A Case Study in El-Nozha District, Cairo, Egypt[J],2021,13(17).
APA	Elbardisy, Wesam M.,Salheen, Mohamed A.,&Fahmy, Mohammed.(2021).Solar Irradiance Reduction Using Optimized Green Infrastructure in Arid Hot Regions: A Case Study in El-Nozha District, Cairo, Egypt.SUSTAINABILITY,13(17).
MLA	Elbardisy, Wesam M.,et al."Solar Irradiance Reduction Using Optimized Green Infrastructure in Arid Hot Regions: A Case Study in El-Nozha District, Cairo, Egypt".SUSTAINABILITY 13.17(2021).