The impact of urban physical environments on cooling rates in summer: Focusing on interaction effects with a kernel-based regularized least squares (KRLS) model

Rapid urbanization causes changes in land-cover and land-use patterns, and leads to warmer urban temperatures; this is defined as the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves have increased in recent years, posing a serious threat to urban populations. This study examined the relationships between urban physical elements and the cooling rate (CR) around sunset in the summer of 2016, using...