Chen Liang

PhD: 2005 - 2011, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

B.E.: 2001 - 2005, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, China

Reviewer：

International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Biometeorology

Landscape and Urban Planning

Building and Envirnment

Energy and Buildings

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

urban climate

outdoor human thermal comfort and health

applied meteorology and urban design

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liang_Chen41

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZfcI5WEAAAAJ&hl=en

Introduction to Planet Earth (⊆ General Astronomy): Undergraduate

Boundary Layer Meteorology: Graduate

Urban Physical Geography: Graduate

2018-2021, Shanghai Natrual Science Fourndation

2014 -2016 , Natioanl Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Publications

Book

Yang, F., & Chen, L. (2020). High-Rise Urban Form and Microclimate : Climate-Responsive Design for Asian Mega-Cities. Singapore: Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811517136

Articles

Chen, L.*, Kántor, N., & Nikolopoulou, M. (2022). Meta-analysis of outdoor thermal comfort surveys in different European cities using the RUROS database: The role of background climate and gender. Energy and Buildings, 256, 111757. EnB_RUROS.pdf

Liang, T., He, J.*, Chen, L.*, Yao, Z., Zhang, L., Che, H., & Gong, S. (2021). Simulation of the influence of a fine-scale urban underlying surface on the urban heat island effect in Beijing. Atmospheric Research, 262, 105786.AR2021.pdf

He, X., Li, Y., Wang, X., Chen, L., Yu, B., Zhang, Y., & Miao, S. (2018) High-resolution dataset of urban canopy parameters for Beijing and its application to the integrated WRF/Urban modelling system. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 373-383. JCLP2018.pdf

Kántor⁠, N., Chen, L.⁠⁠*, Gál, C.V. (2018) Human-biometeorological significance of shading in urban public spaces – Summertime measurements in Pécs, Hungary. Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 241-255.land2018.pdf

Chen, L.*, Yu, B., Yang, F., & Mayer, H. (2016). Intra-urban differences of mean radiant temperature in different urban settings in Shanghai and implications for heat stress under heat waves: A GIS-based approach. Energy and Buildings, 130, 829–842.enb2016.pdf

Chen, L., Jiang, R., and Xiang W.-N. (2016) Surface heat island in Shanghai and its relationship with urban development from 1989 to 2013. Advances in Meteorology.Article ID 9782686, doi:10.1155/2016/9782686.adv.pdf

Lee, H., Mayer, H., and Chen, L. (2016) Contribution of trees and grasslands to the mitigation of human heat stress in a residential district of Freiburg, Southwest Germany. Landscape and Urban Planning, 148, 37-50.land2016.pdf

Yang, F., and Chen, L.* (2016) Developing a thermal atlas for climate-responsive urban design based on empirical modeling and urban morphological analysis. Energy and Buildings, 111, 120-130.EnB2016_2.pdf

Chen, L., Wen, Y., Zhang, L., and Xiang, W.-N. (2015) Studies of thermal comfort and space use in an urban park square in cool and cold seasons in Shanghai. Building and Environment, 94, 644-653.BAE.pdf

Huang, Y., Chen, Z., Wu, B., Chen, L., et al. (2015) Estimating Roof Solar Energy Potential in the Downtown Area Using a GPU-Accelerated Solar Radiation Model and Airborne LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing, 7(12):17212-1723.remotesensing.pdf

Liu, M., Zhu, X., Pan, C., Chen, L., et al. (2015) Spatial variation of near-surface CO2 concentration during spring in Shanghai, Atmospheric Pollution Research, doi:10.1016/j.apr.2015.07.002.

Xu, H., Chen, L., et al. (2014) Green stormwater infrastructure eco-planning and development on the regional scale: a case study of Shanghai Lingang New City, East China, Frontiers of Earth Science, doi:10.1007/s11707-015-0516-5.

Chen, L., Ng, E. et al. (2012) Sky view factor analysis of street canyons and its implications for intra-urban air temperature differentials in high-rise, high-density urban areas of Hong Kong: a GIS-based simulation approach. International Journal of Climatology 32(1), 121-136.IJC.pdf

Chen, L., and Ng, E. (2012) Outdoor thermal comfort and outdoor activities: a review of research in the past decade. Cities 29, 118-125.Cities.pdf

Chen, L., and Ng, E. (2013) Simulation of the effect of downtown greenery on thermal comfort in subtropical climate using PET index: a case study in Hong Kong. Architectural Science Review 56(4), 297-305.ASR.pdf

Chen, L. (2012) Agent-based modeling in urban and architectural research: a brief literature review. Frontiers of Architectural Research. China Higher Education Press, 1, 166–177.

Ng, E., Chen, L., Wang, U., and Yuan, C. (2012). A study on the cooling effects of greening in a high-density city: an experience from Hong Kong. Building and Environment47, 256-271.BAE2012.pdf

Ren, C., Spit, T., Lenzholzer, S., Yim, H. L. S., Chen, L. et al. (2012). Urban Climate Map System for Dutch spatial planning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 18, 207-221.

Goggins, W. B., Chan, E. Y. Y., Ng, E., Ren, C. & Chen, L. (2012). Effect modification of the association between short-term meteorological factors and mortality by urban heat islands in Hong Kong. PLoS ONE, 7, e38551.PLoS.pdf

Chen, L., and Ng, E. (2011) Quantitative urban climate mapping based on a geographical database: a simulation approach using Hong Kong as a case study. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 13(4), 586-594.JAG411.pdf

Ng, E., Yuan, C., Chen, L. et al. (2011) Improving the wind environment in high-density cities by understanding urban morphology and surface roughness: A study in Hong Kong. Landscape and Urban Planning 101(1), 59-74.land2011.pdf

Yuan, C. and Chen, L. (2011) Mitigating urban heat island effects in high density cities based on sky view factor and urban morphological understanding: a study at Hong Kong. Architectural Science Review 54, 305-315.

 Awards

2012: Visiting Scholar, Japan National Institute for Environmental Studies

2011: Best Paper Award, the 45th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA 2011)

2011: Student Scholarship, CAAD Futures 2011

2009: Grand Award, the 11th National College Student Challenge Cup, Ministry of Education of China

2009: Utrecht University Short Stay Fellowships for PhD students from China and India

2007: Young CAADRIA (Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia) Award