Projects - Urban Climate and Urban Planning
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On-going Projects

- funded by Research Grants Council

• Increasing the Resilience to the Health Impacts of Extreme Cold Weather on Older Population under Future Climate Change
• Improvement of the Understanding of the 3-Dimensional Wind Behaviours in Urban Areas of Hong Kong using Doppler LiDAR System
• Understanding the influence of street network designs on pedestrian ventilation in high-density urban areas: A wind tunnel study
• Developing a performance-based 3D green-blue index for sustainable urban living
• Increasing the Resilience to the Health Impacts of Extreme Weather on Elderly People under Future Climate Change

- funded by Government Bodies

• Provision of Services for Monitoring Vertical Wind Velocity and Turbulent Intensity Profiles in the High-Density Urban Boundary Layer in Hong Kong

Completed Projects

- funded by Research Grants Council

• Increasing the Resilience to the Health Impacts of Extreme Weather on Elderly People under Future Climate Change
• Designing better urban green spaces for active ageing in high-density cities
• Climatic-responsive planning and action for mitigating heat-related health risk at community level in high density cities– A Case of Hong Kong  
• Developing urban planning optimization strategies for improving air quality in compact cities using geo-spatial modelling based on in-situ data 
• A Study of “Local Climate Zone (LCZ)” of Sub-tropical China’s Pearl River Delta (PRD) region by using The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) Method for better Comfortable Living and Sustainable Urban Planning
• The Impacts of Future Urban Development on the Urban Climate of Hong Kong: A Numerical Modelling Approach
• A Perspective (1960-2030) of Hong Kong's Urban Development and Urban Climate - a Historical Context for Future Actions
• A Pilot Study to Establish the Future Design Summer Years (DSYs) of Hong Kong that take into account Climate Change and Urban Climate for more Sustainable Urban and Builidng Design
• Parametric Studies of Urban Morphologies of High Density Cities and their Air Ventilation Performance under Neutral and Unstable Atmospheric Conditions using advanced LES
• Applying "Local Climate Zone (LCZ)" into High-density Highrise Cities – A Case Study in Hong Kong
• Towards Urban Planning Strategies to Improve the Wind Environment in High Density Cities Based on Better Understanding of the Urban Morphology by Using Large Eddy Simulation Model (LES)

- funded by CUHK Grants

• Increasing the Resilience to the Health Impacts of Extreme Weather on Elderly People under Future Climate Change
• Data Platform of Urban Environmental Quality for Sustainable and Resilient Cities under Future Climate Change
• Improvement of the understanding of the 3-dimensional wind behaviors in urban areas of Hong Kong using Doppler LIDAR system
• World-wide Urban Data bank on Physical Forms of Cities & impact Studies of Urban Forms on Human Comfort, Health and Environmental Well-being
• Sustainable Urban Environment and Public Health
• A Preliminary Study of Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Obtain Urban Morphological Information and its Implications on Thermal Comfort and Heat-related Impact in Urban Areas: a Case Study of Hangzhou
• Pilot Study on the Urban Heat Island Effect of Hong Kong High Density Urban Areas by Utilizing the Weather Research and Forecasting with its Urban Canopy Model (WRF-UCM)
• The Web-based Platform for Visualizing Impact of Urban Design on Local Urban Climatic Condition
• Towards a Smart City and Healthy Living
• Unified Fusion of Remote Sensing Imagery for Sustainable High-density Urban Environment
• Studying the Urban Climate in a High-density City in Typical Summer Days

- funded by Government Bodies

• Term Consultancy for Provision of Advisory Services - Cat. A - Term Consultancy for Expert Evaluation and Advisory Services on Air Ventilation Assessment (PLN AVA 2018)
• Term Consultancy for Air Ventilation Assessment Services - Cat. A - Term Consultancy for Expert Evaluation and Advisory Services on Air Ventilation Assessment (PLN AVA 2015)
• Study of Design Considerations for Government Infrastructures in Hong Kong Under Extreme Temperatures
• PLEA2018: Smart and Healthy within the 2-degree Limit
• Development of Guidebook on Urban Micro-climate Study
• Expertise Services for Study on Technical Issues Related to Potential Reclamation Site at Ma Liu Shui (PW1/2015)
• The 2nd Stage Study of Urban Climate Map for Macau

• A Study of Impact of Building Envelope on Urban Outdoor Thermal Environment, 2014 – 2016
• Term Consultancy for Air Ventilation Assessment Submission – Cat A. Expert Evaluation (PLNQ 56/2012)
• Air Ventilation Assessment (AVA) for Indoor Recreation Centre in Area 14 (Siu Lun), Tuen Mun
• A Review of Existing Conditions and an Initial Investigation of Needs and Scope of Work Towards an Urban Climatic Map for Macau School of Architecture Faculty of Social Science
• The Study of Planning and Management of Wuhan Urban Air Path
• Urban Climatic Map and Standards for Wind Environment - Feasibility Study

- funded by Others

• Applied Modeling and Urban Planning: Urban climate and Energy
• Wind Amplification Study of An Integrated Teaching Building at CUHK
• Croucher Advanced Study Institute 2015-16: Changing Urban Climate and the Impact on Urban Thermal Envrionment and Urban Living
• Croucher Advanced Study Institute 2011-12: Urban Climatology for Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions