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Nyuk Hien Wong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore, focusing on environmental science and engineering. Their research work primarily spans environmental engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and building and construction. They also contribute to the fields of global and planetary change and speech and hearing.

The main topics of Wong's research include urban heat island mitigation, urban green space and health, building energy and comfort optimization, wind and air flow studies, noise effects and management, land use and ecosystem services, and climate change and health impacts.

Wong has published extensively in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Building and Environment
  • Urban Climate
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Solar Energy

Some of Wong's recent papers include:

  • Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat, 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • An integrated multiscale urban microclimate model for the urban thermal environment, 2020, Urban Climate

Other relevant papers in their research circle, reflecting related or co-authored work, are:

  • Urban morphology and building heating energy consumption: Evidence from Harbin, a severe cold region city, 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • Parametric study of URBAN morphology on building solar energy potential in Singapore context, 2020, Urban Climate
  • Dependence between urban morphology and outdoor air temperature: A tropical campus study using random forests algorithm, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society

Wong frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Zhongqi Yu
  • Chun Liang Tan
  • Marcel Ignatius
  • Daniel Jun Chung Hii
  • Ji-Yu Deng

Best Publications

  • Study of green areas and urban heat island in a tropical city

    Nyuk Hien Wong;Chen Yu

  • Greenery as a mitigation and adaptation strategy to urban heat

    Nyuk Hien Wong;Chun Liang Tan;Dionysia Denia Kolokotsa;Hideki Takebayashi

  • The influence of land use on the urban heat island in Singapore

    Steve Kardinal Jusuf;N.H. Wong;Emlyn Hagen;Roni Anggoro

  • Effects of vertical greenery on mean radiant temperature in the tropical urban environment

    Chun Liang Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Outdoor mean radiant temperature estimation in the tropical urban environment

    Chun Liang Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Perception Studies of Vertical Greenery Systems in Singapore

    Nyuk Hien Wong;Alex Yong Kwang Tan;Puay Yok Tan;Angelia Sia

  • Impact of urban morphology on microclimate and thermal comfort in northern China

    Shanshan Tong;Nyuk Hien Wong;Chun Liang Tan;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Integrated urban microclimate assessment method as a sustainable urban development and urban design tool

    Nyuk Hien Wong;Steve Kardinal Jusuf;Chun Liang Tan

  • Study on correlation between air temperature and urban morphology parameters in built environment in northern China

    Shanshan Tong;Nyuk Hien Wong;Steve Kardinal Jusuf;Chun Liang Tan

  • Impact of plant evapotranspiration rate and shrub albedo on temperature reduction in the tropical outdoor environment

    Chun Liang Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Puay Yok Tan;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Assessing the Effects of Urban Morphology Parameters on Microclimate in Singapore to Control the Urban Heat Island Effect

    Hong Jin;Peng Cui;Nyuk Hien Wong;Marcel Ignatius

  • A method to partition the relative effects of evaporative cooling and shading on air temperature within vegetation canopy

    Puay Yok Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Chun Liang Tan;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Transpiration and cooling potential of tropical urban trees from different native habitats.

    Puay Yok Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Chun Liang Tan;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Trends and gaps in global research of greenery systems through a bibliometric analysis

    Marta Chàfer;Luisa F. Cabeza;Anna Laura Pisello;Chun Liang Tan

  • Temporal variation in the impact of urban morphology on outdoor air temperature in the tropics: A campus case study

    Zhongqi Yu;Shisheng Chen;Nyuk Hien Wong

  • Quantitative evaluation of plant evapotranspiration effect for green roof in tropical area: A case study in Singapore

    Yang He;Ervine Shengwei Lin;Chun Liang Tan;Puay Yok Tan

  • Influence of Water Bodies on Outdoor Air Temperature in Hot and Humid Climate

    Nyuk Hien Wong;Chun Liang Tan;Andrita Dyah Shinta Nindyani;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

  • Holistic analysis and prediction of life cycle cost for vertical greenery systems in Singapore

    Ziyou Huang;Chun Liang Tan;Yujie Lu;Nyuk Hien Wong

  • Plant Selection and Placement Criteria for Landscape Design

    Chun Liang Tan;Nyuk Hien Wong;Steve Kardinal Jusuf

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Laura Pisello
Anna Laura Pisello University of Perugia
Luisa F. Cabeza
Luisa F. Cabeza University of Lleida

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