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Increasing urban water surface area improves microclimate comfort in a nonlinear manner, with the highest efficiency during initial expansion, and dispersed, networked waterscapes offer the most effective spatial cooling strategy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.SUPPORTS_CONSENSUS.

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This study aims to explore how variations in waterscape design affect microclimate comfort in urban settings.

May 17, 2026AtmosphereOpen Access

Nonlinear Local Wisdom of Waterscape Form Design in Urban Renewal for Improving Microclimate Suitability: A Case Study of Suzhou Xinsheng District

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CMChundong Ma YCYiyan Chen JHJiandong Hu

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Randomized trial investigates optimization of waterscape designs to enhance microclimate suitability in urban areas, implying significant ecological benefits.

Key Points

This study aims to explore how variations in waterscape design affect microclimate comfort in urban settings.
Focused on Xinsheng District in Suzhou's water-net region
Utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for multi-physics simulation
Proposed comfort improvement efficiency (CIE) metric for evaluating water surface expansion effects
Relative comfort area expanded across all time periods with increased water surface: 0% to 100%
CIE was higher during the initial stage (0–50%) compared to later (50–100%) stages
More dispersed and networked waterscape designs were superior for microclimate suitability.

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Ma et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a095c2c7880e6d24efe2419 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17050489

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May 17, 2026AtmosphereOpen Access

Nonlinear Local Wisdom of Waterscape Form Design in Urban Renewal for Improving Microclimate Suitability: A Case Study of Suzhou Xinsheng District

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Authors

CMChundong Ma YCYiyan Chen JHJiandong Hu

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Overview

Randomized trial investigates optimization of waterscape designs to enhance microclimate suitability in urban areas, implying significant ecological benefits.

Key Points

This study aims to explore how variations in waterscape design affect microclimate comfort in urban settings.
Focused on Xinsheng District in Suzhou's water-net region
Utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for multi-physics simulation
Proposed comfort improvement efficiency (CIE) metric for evaluating water surface expansion effects
Relative comfort area expanded across all time periods with increased water surface: 0% to 100%
CIE was higher during the initial stage (0–50%) compared to later (50–100%) stages
More dispersed and networked waterscape designs were superior for microclimate suitability.

Cite This Study

Ma et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a095c2c7880e6d24efe2419 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17050489

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