Compact or cool? The impact of brownfield redevelopment on inner-city micro climate

Koch, Florian; Bilke, Lars; Helbig, Carolin; Schlink, Uwe

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2017.11.021

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“…This modelling simplification has already been practiced in ENVImet models that simulate hypothetical scenarios (ALI-TOUDERT; MAYER, 2006; FAHMY; SHARPLES, 2009) but without considering its impact on the results. Also, the findings of this research point to the possibility of performing, at places where building setbacks are mandatory, assessments similar to the ones conducted where the modelling of continues building blocks are representative of the local conditions (GOLDBERG; KURBJUHN;BERNHOFER, 2013;KOCH et al, 2018;SOSA;CORREA;CANTÓN, 2018).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…1 software is a holistic three-dimensional non-hydrostatic model that is able to simulate the plant-surface-air interactions. It has been used for several types of urban analysis, among them, the assessment of the urban geometry impact on the thermal comfort and climate conditions by simulating hypothetical (ALI-TOUDERT; MAYER, 2006;KOCH et al, 2018) urban scenarios or multiple design alternative (GOLDBERG; KURBJUHN;BERNHOFER, 2013;MIDDEL et al, 2014;SOSA;CORREA;CANTÓN, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulation

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Souza

2019

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A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulationUma meta-análise sobre simplificações da modelagem geométrica em simulações do clima urbano com o software ENVI-met Abstract nvironmental modelling requires, among other aspects, a description of the built geometry. However, the complexity of the urban tissue draws uncertainties about the building form and locations. Therefore, during the planning process generic simplified geometry models may be more appropriate than the detailed ones. This research shows a meta-analysis performed by comparing the results of detailed and simplified geometric models. The prediction deviations that may arise from using geometric simplifications on ENVI-met modelling were evaluated, considering the output data from different building typologies (one and ten-storey buildings) and urban scenarios (with and without internal squares). Three metrics were analysed: air temperature, wind speed, and sky view factor (SVF). These metrics were normalized between 0 and 1 for comparison and performance assessment. The results indicated that the most adequate simplification models are those that that have kept the building perimeter of the blocks unchanged in relation to the corresponding detailed models.

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Section: Overall Performancementioning

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confidence: 99%

A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulation

Favretto

Souza

2019

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“…A GIS-based tool called STEPP (Carsjens & Ligtenberg, 2007) is developed to support local authorities in evaluating industrial land transition impact changes on environmental issues such as noise, smell, dust and danger, using a Dutch case from Nijmegen. Energy and climate change evaluation is actively researched in the environmental assessment for industrial land transition, both on project level (Hartmann, Török, Börcsök, & Oláhné Groma, 2014) and on a city level (Hou et al, 2018;Koch, Bilke, Helbig, & Schlink, 2018).…”

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A framework for path-dependent industrial land transition analysis using vector data

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Kazak

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European Planning Studies

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Industrial land is under transition globally. Insights into this transition are important to plan a sustainable future. Since industrial land follows parcel shapes and the transition process requires multi-year data to observe the impacts of such changes, multi-year vector data should be used to analyse industrial land transition. This paper presents a framework to analyse pathdependent regional industrial land transition processes using vector data. A step by step instruction is presented. In the analysis, the changed percentages of land use in the surroundings of appeared or disappeared industrial land are visualized. The visualized surrounding land use compositions give planners an idea on what causes land use transitions, the most frequent transition forms and their impacts on the surroundings, purely from a land use point of view to reduce data collection efforts. The North Brabant region in the Netherlands is used as a case study. The region is split into urban and non-urban areas to show the generic applicability of this framework.

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“…Strategic spatial planning research, consequently, must explore ways to better propose planning interventions and spatial strategies that support the transformation of brownfields [105][106][107], as well as effectively devise growth-management policies [108] and restrict urban sprawl [109]. Brownfield land, for example, can be defined as land that has previously been developed, but which is not in current active use or remains vacant for redevelopment [105,106].…”

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“…Through their redevelopment, the conversion of agricultural land or forests to urbanized land can be diminished, and urban sprawl tendencies contained. The redevelopment of brownfields is hence often part of spatial policies that support compact cities and densification [107], but could be more enthusiastically integrated into strategic spatial planning. The research on brownfields provides a number of examples of how such areas can be reclaimed, thus improving the environment.…”

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Can Strategic Spatial Planning Contribute to Land Degradation Reduction in Urban Regions? State of the Art and Future Research

2018

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Abstract:Land degradation is becoming a serious environmental issue threatening fertile agricultural soils and other natural resources. There are many driving forces behind land degradation. The expansion of artificial surfaces due to various economic activities, such as housing, industry, and transport infrastructure, known as soil sealing, constitutes one of the most intensive forms of land degradation in urban regions. Measures to halt and reverse land degradation require both strong land-use management policies, as well as effective spatial planning mechanisms. In this regard, strategic spatial planning has been increasingly practised in many urban regions worldwide, as a means to achieve sustainable land-use patterns and to guide the location of development and physical infrastructures. It is reasonable, therefore, to expect that strategic spatial planning can counteract the outlined undesired land degradation effects, specifically those resulting from soil sealing. In this paper, we review strategic spatial planning literature published between 1992 and 2017. The focus is on the phenomena causing land degradation that are addressed by strategic spatial planning literature, as well as on the mechanisms describing the role of strategic spatial planning in land degradation reduction. Results show that sustainable development and environmental concerns have become core objectives of strategic planning in recent years, yet references to the drivers of land degradation are rare. The mechanisms that exist are mainly intended to address environmental issues in general, and are not aimed at reducing particular forms of land degradation. The paper concludes by sketching future research directions, intended to support strategic spatial planning and land-use policymaking related to coping with the global phenomenon of land degradation.

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Compact or cool? The impact of brownfield redevelopment on inner-city micro climate

Cited by 52 publications

References 33 publications

A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulation

A meta-analysis over geometric modeling simplifications in ENVI-met urban climate simulation

A framework for path-dependent industrial land transition analysis using vector data

Can Strategic Spatial Planning Contribute to Land Degradation Reduction in Urban Regions? State of the Art and Future Research

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