Tropical cities can use urban greening designs featuring trees that provide shade and cooling in hot outdoor environments. The cooling effect involves numerous tree characteristics that are not easy to control during planting design, such as the canopy size and the optical properties of leaves. Planting the appropriate tree species dominates the cooling effects and the human thermal environment...

In urban planning, sustainability is often synonymous to livability. Urban livability seeks improve living conditions of current and future outdoor users hence it has become a key priority for cities authorities. Melbourne, as the world second most livable city, sets out its life quality through various policies initiatives. One area improvement creation sustainable spaces that provides comfort...