Melissa R. McHale

University of British Columbia — Canada

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

21h-index2.5kcitations59works1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Land Use and Ecosystem Services(25), Urban Green Space and Health(25), Urban Heat Island Mitigation(18), Urban Stormwater Management Solutions(6), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization(5)

Publications59 total

Adapting a systematic conservation planning tool for supporting accessible and diverse urban greenspace recreation
Landscape Ecology·2026Open Access
Tracking savanna vegetation structure in South Africa by extension of GEDI canopy metrics with Landsat, Sentinel-2, and PALSAR
Science of Remote Sensing·2026Open Access
The Surface Is Not Superficial: Utilizing Hyper-Local Thermal Photogrammetry for Pedestrian Thermal Comfort Inquiry
Remote Sensing·2026Open Access
The Surface Is Not Superficial : Utilizing Hyper-Local Thermal Photogrammetry for Pedestrian Thermal Comfort Inquiry
Open Collections·2026Open Access
Bridging accuracy and efficiency: advancing mean radiant temperature measurement in urban ecology
International Journal of Biometeorology·2025
Hot stops, cool looks: Aesthetic solutions for thermal comfort at transit stops
Urban Climate·2025
The role of data selection in mapping urban green and open spaces: a comparison across high and very-high resolution satellite imagery sources in two African cities
Frontiers in Remote Sensing·2025Open Access
From canopy to comfort: The impact of residential landscape choices on thermal dynamics in a semi-arid city
Urban forestry & urban greening·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Tracking savanna vegetation structure in South Africa by extension of GEDI canopy metrics with Landsat, Sentinel-2, and PALSAR
2025Open Access
 Perceptions and physical drivers of extreme heat at transit stops
2025Open Access
Bridging accuracy and efficiency: Advancing mean radiant temperature measurement in Urban Ecology
2025Open Access
The last urban frontier—assessing hotspots of urban change associated with LCLUC in Africa
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Hot Stops, Cool Looks: Aesthetic Solutions for Thermal Comfort at Transit Stops
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Effects of Land Use Data Spatial Resolution on SDG Indicator 11.3.1 (Urban Expansion) Assessments: A Case Study Across Ethiopia
Sustainability·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Multi-Tier Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Framework and Its Application in Urbanization Analysis in Three African Countries
Remote Sensing·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Automated Geospatial Approach for Assessing SDG Indicator 11.3.1: A Multi-Level Evaluation of Urban Land Use Expansion across Africa
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
List of contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2023
Forests as social–ecological systems
Elsevier eBooks·2023· 6 cited
Impact of Human Disturbances on the Spatial Heterogeneity of Landscape Fragmentation in Qilian Mountain National Park, China
Land·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
Golden Wildebeest Days: Fragmentation and Value in South Africa’s Wildlife Economy After Apartheid
Journal of Southern African Studies·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

George R. Hess(8), David Bunn(7), M. Nils Peterson(7), Daniel L. Childers(5), Mary L. Cadenasso(5), Steward T. A. Pickett(5), Jody C. Vogeler(5), Nancy B. Grimm(4), Scott M. Beck(4), Orion S. E. Cardenas-Ritzert(4), Shahriar Shah Heydari(4), Melinda Laituri(4), Travis Warziniack(4), Louie Rivers(3), Wei-Lun Tsai(3), Yu‐Fai Leung(3), Myron F. Floyd(3), Wayne Twine(3), Kevin M. Bigsby(3), Toddi A. Steelman(3)