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Nature-based solution for urban traffic heat mitigation facing carbon neutrality: sustainable design of roadside green belts

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  • Xi, Chang
  • Ren, Chen
  • Zhang, Ruijun
  • Wang, Junqi
  • Feng, Zhuangbo
  • Haghighat, Fariborz
  • Cao, Shi-Jie

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Urban heat islands (UHI) and heat waves related to climate change can increase urban carbon emissions and endanger human health. Transportation accounts for a large part of UHI and greenhouse gas emissions, which can effectively be mitigated by nature-based solutions (NBS). Roadside green belt is an important element of urban NBS targeting to blck traffic-related pollutants; however, less attention was paid to its impact on mitigating traffic heat emissions. Therefore, the design of roadside green belts was quantitatively investigated considering traffic heat in this work. A new method to rapidly model moving traffic source was proposed, namely urban traffic coupling source (UTCS) method, to deal with the dynamic and complex diffusion of traffic-generated heat. The impact of roadside green belts' locations and types on the thermal environment of cities' motorized and non-motorized area was investigated. The design parameters (tree spacing and shrub length) were evaluated for the optimum co-benefits between cooling efficiency and nurture management costs. Results showed that placing trees and shrubs near non-motorized lanes and sidewalks provided a favorable cooling effect, with the non-motorized areas' temperature decreased by up to 1.05 °C. When the range of tree spacing and shrub length were 0–0.375 W and 0.17–0.63 L (W and L are the width and length of the road, respectively), a maximum co-benefit improvement of 45.7% could be achieved. Moreover, this work provides a guideline for sustainable design of roadside green belts to improve the urban climate and achieve carbon neutrality target.

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  • Xi, Chang & Ren, Chen & Zhang, Ruijun & Wang, Junqi & Feng, Zhuangbo & Haghighat, Fariborz & Cao, Shi-Jie, 2023. "Nature-based solution for urban traffic heat mitigation facing carbon neutrality: sustainable design of roadside green belts," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 343(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:343:y:2023:i:c:s0306261923005615
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121197
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