Cynthia Girling
Biographic Data
| ID | 6313323 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Girling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia |
| FAMILY NAME | Girling |
| SIGNATURE | GIRLING C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0651-8244 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Indicators shaping urban greenspace spatial performance in China
Urban density and the urban forest
Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands
As urban heatwaves become more severe, frequent and longer, cities seek adaptive building cooling measures. Although passive building design, energy-efficient materials and technologies and mechanical means are proven cooling methods, the potential of nature-based solutions (particularly trees as shading elements) has been understudied despite its significant opportunity. Using a new framework to explore this at the neighbourhood level, three fut…
Climate action at the neighbourhood scale
Municipalities face the direct impact of climate change events, but many are challenged to assess the potential outcomes of future climate action policies. It is essential for local municipalities to be able to evaluate cross-sector and cross-scale policy interventions, but many lack the expertise and resources for wholistic forecasting. This paper used a hybrid inter-scalar and interdisciplinary modeling approach to evaluate, compare, visualize,…
Urban form and livability
Spatial relations among urban elements (buildings, streets, etc.) constantly affect the quality of urban spaces, creating more or less livable cities. The study of urban form has been a way of objectively quantifying such relations to understand their dynamics. Urban livability is the ability of urban spaces to fulfill the expectations of its inhabitants for wellbeing and quality of life. Measurable spatial patterns underlie the emergence of liva…
Integration of an energy– economy model with an urban energy model
A proliferation of energy models has been developed across disciplines to explore energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-reduction strategies in cities. Hybrid models are especially useful because they incorporate more dynamics to simulate realistic results informed by relevant high-level policy decisions and building-level factors. Spatial and aspatial energy models, however, are not often linked, which overlooks the spatial impact of energy …
Alignment of municipal climate change and urban forestry policies
Iterative ‘what-if’ neighborhood simulation
As efforts to address climate change shift to action at local scales, municipalities are called upon to develop locally specific action plans. Many municipalities lack the resources to develop energy and emissions-reducing policy interventions appropriate to their characteristics. This research synthesises urban form, scenario analysis and energy simulation into a cohesive workflow for evaluating energy and emissions policy interventions across a…
Who has access to urban vegetation? A spatial analysis of distributional green equity in 10 US cities
The dimensions of urban green equity
Alignment of municipal climate change and urban forestry policies
Urban form and livability
Spatial relations among urban elements (buildings, streets, etc.) constantly affect the quality of urban spaces, creating more or less livable cities. The study of urban form has been a way of objectively quantifying such relations to understand their dynamics. Urban livability is the ability of urban spaces to fulfill the expectations of its inhabitants for wellbeing and quality of life. Measurable spatial patterns underlie the emergence of liva…
Integration of an energy– economy model with an urban energy model
A proliferation of energy models has been developed across disciplines to explore energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-reduction strategies in cities. Hybrid models are especially useful because they incorporate more dynamics to simulate realistic results informed by relevant high-level policy decisions and building-level factors. Spatial and aspatial energy models, however, are not often linked, which overlooks the spatial impact of energy …
Iterative ‘what-if’ neighborhood simulation
As efforts to address climate change shift to action at local scales, municipalities are called upon to develop locally specific action plans. Many municipalities lack the resources to develop energy and emissions-reducing policy interventions appropriate to their characteristics. This research synthesises urban form, scenario analysis and energy simulation into a cohesive workflow for evaluating energy and emissions policy interventions across a…
Urban density and the urban forest
Climate action at the neighbourhood scale
Municipalities face the direct impact of climate change events, but many are challenged to assess the potential outcomes of future climate action policies. It is essential for local municipalities to be able to evaluate cross-sector and cross-scale policy interventions, but many lack the expertise and resources for wholistic forecasting. This paper used a hybrid inter-scalar and interdisciplinary modeling approach to evaluate, compare, visualize,…
The dimensions of urban green equity
Who has access to urban vegetation? A spatial analysis of distributional green equity in 10 US cities
Iterative ‘what-if’ neighborhood simulation
As efforts to address climate change shift to action at local scales, municipalities are called upon to develop locally specific action plans. Many municipalities lack the resources to develop energy and emissions-reducing policy interventions appropriate to their characteristics. This research synthesises urban form, scenario analysis and energy simulation into a cohesive workflow for evaluating energy and emissions policy interventions across a…
Urban form and livability
Spatial relations among urban elements (buildings, streets, etc.) constantly affect the quality of urban spaces, creating more or less livable cities. The study of urban form has been a way of objectively quantifying such relations to understand their dynamics. Urban livability is the ability of urban spaces to fulfill the expectations of its inhabitants for wellbeing and quality of life. Measurable spatial patterns underlie the emergence of liva…
Integration of an energy– economy model with an urban energy model
A proliferation of energy models has been developed across disciplines to explore energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-reduction strategies in cities. Hybrid models are especially useful because they incorporate more dynamics to simulate realistic results informed by relevant high-level policy decisions and building-level factors. Spatial and aspatial energy models, however, are not often linked, which overlooks the spatial impact of energy …
Alignment of municipal climate change and urban forestry policies
Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands
As urban heatwaves become more severe, frequent and longer, cities seek adaptive building cooling measures. Although passive building design, energy-efficient materials and technologies and mechanical means are proven cooling methods, the potential of nature-based solutions (particularly trees as shading elements) has been understudied despite its significant opportunity. Using a new framework to explore this at the neighbourhood level, three fut…
Climate action at the neighbourhood scale
Municipalities face the direct impact of climate change events, but many are challenged to assess the potential outcomes of future climate action policies. It is essential for local municipalities to be able to evaluate cross-sector and cross-scale policy interventions, but many lack the expertise and resources for wholistic forecasting. This paper used a hybrid inter-scalar and interdisciplinary modeling approach to evaluate, compare, visualize,…
Urban density and the urban forest
Indicators shaping urban greenspace spatial performance in China
Geography (10 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (7 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Urban planning (5 works) · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (4 works) · Greenhouse gas (4 works)