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Riccardo Buccolieri

Riccardo Buccolieri

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
6818
World Ranking
8307
National Ranking
179

Overview

Riccardo Buccolieri is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, Global and Planetary Change, and Building and Construction.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on topics such as Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Urban Green Space and Health, Noise Effects and Management, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research.

Frequent publication venues for Riccardo Buccolieri include Atmosphere, Building and Environment, Land, Forests, and Sustainable Cities and Society. The publication record in these journals indicates ongoing contributions to environmental and urban climate research contexts.

Recent publications reflect a focus on urban environmental dynamics and human comfort. Notable papers include:

  • Planning of Urban Green Spaces: An Ecological Perspective on Human Benefits, 2021, Land
  • Impact of Urban Vegetation on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: Comparison between a Mediterranean City (Lecce, Italy) and a Northern European City (Lahti, Finland), 2020, Forests
  • Urban ventilation of typical residential streets and impact of building form variation, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Investigation of typical residential block typologies and their impact on pedestrian-level microclimate in summers in Nanjing, China, 2021, Frontiers of Architectural Research
  • Estimates of population exposure to atmospheric pollution and health-related externalities in a real city: The impact of spatial resolution on the accuracy of results, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Collaboration is a significant aspect of this scientist's work with frequent co-authors including José Luis Santiago, Zhi Gao, Gianluca Pappaccogli, Alberto Martilli, and Teodoro Semeraro. These collaborations suggest a multidisciplinary approach to environmental challenges.

Best Publications

  • Dispersion study in a street canyon with tree planting by means of wind tunnel and numerical investigations – Evaluation of CFD data with experimental data

    Christof Gromke;Riccardo Buccolieri;Silvana Di Sabatino;Bodo Ruck

  • The influence of building height variability on pollutant dispersion and pedestrian ventilation in idealized high-rise urban areas

    Jian Hang;Jian Hang;Yuguo Li;Mats Sandberg;Riccardo Buccolieri

  • Aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentration in street canyons

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Christof Gromke;Silvana Di Sabatino;Bodo Ruck

  • Numerical simulation of atmospheric pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon: Comparison between RANS and LES

    Salim Mohamed Salim;Riccardo Buccolieri;Andrew Chan;Silvana Di Sabatino

  • City breathability and its link to pollutant concentration distribution within urban-like geometries

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Riccardo Buccolieri;Mats Sandberg;Silvana Di Sabatino

  • Analysis of local scale tree-atmosphere interaction on pollutant concentration in idealized street canyons and application to a real urban junction

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Salim Mohamed Salim;Laura Sandra Leo;Silvana Di Sabatino

  • Simulations of pollutant dispersion within idealised urban-type geometries with CFD and integral models

    Silvana Di Sabatino;Riccardo Buccolieri;Beatrice Pulvirenti;Rex Britter

  • Air quality affected by trees in real street canyons: The case of Marylebone neighbourhood in central London

    Antoine P.R. Jeanjean;Riccardo Buccolieri;James Eddy;Paul S. Monks

  • Planning of urban green spaces: An ecological perspective on human benefits

    Teodoro Semeraro;Aurelia Scarano;Riccardo Buccolieri;Angelo Santino

  • Review on urban tree modelling in CFD simulations: Aerodynamic, deposition and thermal effects

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Jose-Luis Santiago;Esther Rivas;Beatriz Sanchez

  • Flow and Pollutant Dispersion in Street Canyons using FLUENT and ADMS-Urban

    S. Di Sabatino;R. Buccolieri;B. Pulvirenti;R. E. Britter

  • City breathability in medium density urban-like geometries evaluated through the pollutant transport rate and the net escape velocity

    Jian Hang;Qun Wang;Xieyuan Chen;Mats Sandberg

  • The impact of trees on street ventilation, NOx and PM2.5 concentrations across heights in Marylebone Rd street canyon, central London

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Antoine P.R. Jeanjean;Elisa Gatto;Roland J. Leigh

  • Assessment of indoor-outdoor particulate matter air pollution: A review

    Matteo Bo;Pietro Salizzoni;Marina Clerico;Riccardo Buccolieri

  • Study of the effect of green quantity and structure on thermal comfort and air quality in an urban-like residential district by ENVI-met modelling

    Liyan Rui;Riccardo Buccolieri;Zhi Gao;Elisa Gatto

  • The “plant evaluation model” for the assessment of the impact of vegetation on outdoor microclimate in the urban environment

    Yujin Yang;Elisa Gatto;Zhi Gao;Riccardo Buccolieri

  • The breathability of compact cities

    Riccardo Buccolieri;Pietro Salizzoni;Lionel Soulhac;Valeria Garbero;Valeria Garbero

  • On the contribution of mean flow and turbulence to city breathability: the case of long streets with tall buildings.

    Jian Hang;Yuguo Li;Riccardo Buccolieri;Mats Sandberg

  • Integrated impacts of tree planting and street aspect ratios on CO dispersion and personal exposure in full-scale street canyons

    Hongyu Yang;Taihan Chen;Yuanyuan Lin;Riccardo Buccolieri

  • Recent advancements in numerical modelling of flow and dispersion in urban areas: a short review

    Silvana Di Sabatino;Riccardo Buccolieri;Pietro Salizzoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvana Di Sabatino
Silvana Di Sabatino University of Bologna
Mats Sandberg
Mats Sandberg Royal Institute of Technology
Jian Hang
Jian Hang Sun Yat-sen University
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
John G. Bartzis
John G. Bartzis University of Western Macedonia
Luigi De Bellis
Luigi De Bellis University of Salento
Ruwim Berkowicz
Ruwim Berkowicz Aarhus University
Alexander Baklanov
Alexander Baklanov University of Copenhagen
Efisio Solazzo
Efisio Solazzo European Food Safety Authority

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