Dr. Mohammad Asrafur Rahman

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Ecology of Land Use,Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning
Keywordsurbanization, air pollutants, cooling performance, biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC), growth model

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityParkville
InstitutionUniversity of Melbourne
InstituteAgriculture and Resource Management Department

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stephan PauleitLehrstuhl für Strategie und Management der Landschaftsentwicklung, Technische Universität München, Freising
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019Mohammad A. Rahman, Astrid Moser, Marshal Anderson, Chi Zhang, Thomas Rötzer, Stephan Pauleit: Comparing the infiltration potentials of soils beneath the canopies of two contrasting urban tree species. In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2019, 22-32
2019Teresa Zölch, Mohammad A. Rahman, Elisabeth Pfleiderer, Georg Wagner, Stephan Pauleit: Designing public squares with green infrastructure to optimize human thermal comfort. In: Building and Environment, 2019, 640-654
2019Astrid Moser-Reischl, Mohammad A. Rahman, Stephan Pauleit, Hans Pretzsch, Thomas Rötzer: Growth patterns and effects of urban micro-climate on two physiologically contrasting urban tree species. In: Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019, 88-99
2018Mohammad A. Rahman, Astrid Moser, Anna Gold, Thomas Rötzer, Stephan Pauleit: Vertical air temperature gradients under the shade of two contrasting urban tree species during different types of summer days. In: Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 100-111
2017Mohammad A. Rahman, Astrid Moser, Thomas Rötzer, Stephan Pauleit : Microclimatic differences and their influence on transpirational cooling of Tilia cordata in two contrasting street canyons in Munich,Germany. In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2017, 443-456
Astrid Moser, Mohammad A. Rahman, Hans Pretzsch, Stephan Pauleit, Thomas Rötzer: Inter- and intraannual growth patterns of urban small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata mill.) at two public squares with contrasting microclimatic conditions. In: International Journal of Biometeorology, ,
Mohammad A. Rahman, Astrid Moser, Thomas Rötzer, Stephan Pauleit Within canopy temperature differences and cooling ability of Tilia cordata trees grown in urban conditions. In: Building and Environment, ,