Microclimatic Landscape Architecture: From Theory to Application Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Global climate change and urban heat island intensification are making many cities dangerously hot during heat waves. There is a need for a clear process for applying microclimate information in urban design to create cooler cities. A recent paper points out the gaps in research methodology and suggests the need for implementation-oriented research. It suggests action steps to take research from theory to practice. The framework has five steps, and in our paper, we have addressed four of those steps: (1) understanding the needs of designers; (2) integrated research on urban microclimate factors; (3) development of guidance methods for better design; and (4) developing user-friendly tools. To address the first step, a group of Chinese landscape architects was given a questionnaire and it was found that they perceived principles and guidelines as being the most useful microclimatic design methods. The second step was addressed through a case study with on-site measurements and modeling. In step 3, microclimate information was used to redesign the site. The process that followed addressed the fourth step by illustrating user-friendly tools.

published proceedings

  • URBAN SCIENCE

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Lin, J., Li, D., & Brown, R. D.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Lin, Jiawei||Li, Dongying||Brown, Robert D

publication date

  • February 2022

publisher