Urban Space & Environmental Processes
Urban Space & Environmental Processes
How do spatial conditions and interventions produce environmental effects, and how do these effects change across time, scale and climate?
From space to process
Urban form, blue-green spaces, trees, shading and other spatial interventions continually shape urban thermal environments and microclimatic processes. This thread examines how these effects emerge, vary and stabilize across time, scale, background climate and extreme events.
Conceptual scope
Blue-green spaces, trees and shading, urban morphology, public spaces and urban redevelopment are recurring objects for understanding spatial-environmental relationships. This page presents a research trajectory established through published work, not current projects.
Selected published work
Ouyang et al. (2020). The cooling efficiency of variable greenery coverage ratios in different urban densities: A study in a subtropical climate. Building and Environment, 174, 106772. DOI →
Ouyang et al. (2023). How to quantify the cooling effects of green infrastructure strategies from a spatio-temporal perspective: Experience from a parametric study. Landscape and Urban Planning, 237, 104808. DOI →
Liu et al. (2025). The dual impacts of built environment on extreme heat and urban heat resilience: A comparative study in Beijing. Urban Climate, 64, 102618. DOI →
Supporting / foundational work
- Ouyang et al. (2021). Thermal-irradiant performance of green infrastructure typologies: Field measurement study in a subtropical climate city. Science of The Total Environment.
- Wang & Ouyang (2021). Investigating the heterogeneity of water cooling effect for cooler cities. Sustainable Cities and Society.
- Ouyang et al. (2024). Natural shading vs. artificial shading: A comparative analysis of their cooling efficacy in extreme hot weather. Urban Climate.
- Wang, Ouyang & Zhang (2024). Matching Supply and Demand of Cooling Service Provided by Urban Green and Blue Space. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.
- Morakinyo et al. (2020). Right tree, right place (urban canyon): Tree species selection approach for optimum urban heat mitigation. Science of the Total Environment.