jailcd2021012: The Air Cooling Effects on Urban Green Open Spaces by Vegetation Planning: A Literature Review

Abstract

Cities in the world have many strategies to deal with the impacts of the Urban Heat Islands (UHI), one of which is through vegetation and urban planning. However, the effectiveness of vegetation to cool the temperature of urban green open spaces is still a hot topic of discussion. How big is the role of vegetation in reducing urban micro-temperature and what efforts have been made to date. This paper gives an overview of the relationship between the planning of vegetation and the human thermal comfort on urban green open spaces through a literature review.  This research used a qualitative method and structured literature study. The process begins by collecting references to many articles related to the topic using key words such as urban green spaces cooling effect, urban cooling island, park cooling island, urban heat island mitigation, vegetation planning, landscape planning on parks, and so on. Then a detailed study is conducted based on the research methodology and findings generated. As the results, this paper will contribute to the recent progress of the UHI and urban planning studies.