Occupational Therapy Practice, Carbon Emissions Economics, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation

5,419 papers · previously filed under “Economics and Econometrics”

Occupational Therapy Practice, Carbon Emissions Economics, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation

This research community encompasses three distinct but frequently co-cited strands: the practice and education of occupational therapy, the economic analysis of carbon emissions and green finance, and the physical mechanisms of urban heat islands.

The dominant strand involves occupational therapy, with recurring themes of therapy practice, student training, and interventions for mental health and physical rehabilitation. A second major strand examines carbon dioxide emissions, renewable energy consumption, and the role of green finance and technological innovation in achieving carbon neutrality, often using evidence from China and developing economies. A third strand focuses on urban heat islands, analyzing the impact of land cover, green spaces, and cooling networks on urban temperature and human health. These topics are frequently linked through studies on the health impacts of environmental factors and the economic drivers of sustainable development.

The community is most prominent in research tagged to Carbon, where it represents 1.4% of all carbon-related papers, and Lead, where it accounts for 1.1% of lead-related research. It also holds a 1.1% share of Gold research. The total corpus consists of 5,419 papers, published primarily in the Journal of Financial Stability, the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, and the Island Studies Journal.

Recent work continues to focus on these three areas, with new studies on adaptive cooling networks for urban heat island mitigation, the impact of financial constraints on green innovation, and updates to therapy protocols for mental health conditions.

Papers behind this description

  • Global Pricing of Carbon‐Transition Risk — The Journal of Finance, 2023 — doi:10.1111/jofi.13272
  • Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54582-7
  • Are Carbon Emissions Associated with Stock Returns? — European Finance Review, 2023 — doi:10.1093/rof/rfad013
  • Endorsing sustainable development in BRICS: The role of technological innovation, renewable energy consumption, and natural resources in limiting carbon emission — The Science of The Total Environment, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160181
  • Mitigating urban heat island through neighboring rural land cover — Nature Cities, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s44284-024-00091-z
  • Machine Learning for Urban Heat Island (UHI) Analysis: Predicting Land Surface Temperature (LST) in Urban Environments — Urban Climate, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101962
  • Do green finance, green technology innovation, and institutional quality help achieve environmental sustainability? Evidence from the developing economies — Sustainable Development, 2023 — doi:10.1002/sd.2811
  • Assessing the digital economy and its carbon-mitigation effects: The case of China — Energy Economics, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106198
  • The impact of green technology innovation on carbon dioxide emissions: The role of local environmental regulations — Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 — doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117990
  • The effects of technological innovation on sustainable development and environmental degradation: Evidence from China — Technology in Society, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102184
  • 2023 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE®) Standards and Interpretive Guide (effective July 31, 2025) — The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2024 — doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.72s217
  • Urban Air Pollution, Urban Heat Island and Human Health: A Review of the Literature — Sustainability, 2022 — doi:10.3390/su14159234
  • Towards a sustainable future with renewable energy and load capacity factor: Institutions, technology, energy and climate policy uncertainties — Renewable Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.renene.2025.123710
  • Multi-scenario optimization framework for future-oriented adaptive cooling networks in urban heat island mitigation — Building and Environment, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113524
  • A systematic review of land use and land cover changes and their influence on urban heat island dynamics — Discover Geoscience, 2025 — doi:10.1007/s44288-025-00359-4
  • Multidimensional characteristics of urban green space and its impact in mitigating urban heat Island effects: a case study of Guangzhou — Scientific Reports, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41598-025-23773-7
  • The interaction between urban heat island and urban parks: An in-situ measurement-based review — Land Use Policy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107628
  • Optimizing the cold island network framework to construct the urban cooling spatial pattern — Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.scs.2025.106967