Optimization of Urban Cooling Strategies for Parking Lots in Hot and Dry Climates: Case Study of Las Vegas and Adelaide

Sharifi, Ehsan; Zawarus, Phillip Walter; Lehmann, Steffen

doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4050-3_8

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“…The recent IPCC report and numerous other research studies confirm that more plants, trees, vegetation, and greenery in the city will reduce the heat load, or the UHI effect, as large-leaf trees bind the dust, clean the air, and reduce the size required for airconditioning plants [38][39][40][41][42]. Therefore, many cities have started to question the outdated 20th-century concept of infinite urban growth and are now searching for new ways to enable more compact inner city living on a reduced area of land per capita that does not trigger gentrification.…”

Section: Discussion: Excessive Heatwaves and Fast-warming Citiesmentioning

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Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience

Lehmann

2021

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How are our cities using nature-based solutions to confront the challenges posed by a warming climate, the loss of biodiversity and major resource depletion? This article discusses the opportunities and benefits of applying the concepts of regreening and rewilding of cities. The article engages with key sources and summarizes the background and development of regreening and nature-based solutions and important policies, concerns and perspectives of international and national organizations. It introduces the integration of nature-based solutions (NBS) as a strategy in urban planning with the aim to strengthen urban resilience and to slow down the biodiversity decline. Rewilding areas in cities has become a powerful strategy to bring back butterflies, insects, birds, and wildlife. In contrast to highly managed parks and gardens, these rewilding initiatives are leaving allotted spaces mostly uncultivated and self-regulated. Contact to nature is essential for human existence, urban wellbeing, and good quality of life. Green spaces in cities—big or small—all contribute to the health and wellbeing of residents. However, many cities do not offer residents easy access to green space within the city. Improving the better distribution of and access to green spaces and extending gardens and parks is likely to deliver a large number of benefits, such as: ecosystem services, better water management for enhanced urban flood control, slowing down the biodiversity loss, contributing to food security, and restoring damaged ecosystems. Furthermore, additional green space and NBS help to keep cities cool during heatwaves and improve the urban microclimate. Rewilding has emerged as an important part of new public parks and gardens. The next step is to up-scale citywide climate intervention strategies deployed to keep cities cool. However, as the discussion of this article shows, it is essential that the design of these NBS strategies is fully integrated with other complementary planning interventions and seeks synergies across all sectors.

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Section: Discussion: Excessive Heatwaves and Fast-warming Citiesmentioning

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Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience

Lehmann

2021

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“…More and more green roofs are now designed with native plants and with productivity and water saving in mind. The recent IPCC Report and numerous other research confirm that more plants, trees, vegetation and greenery in the city will reduce the heat load, the UHI effect, as large-leaf trees bind the dust, clean the air, and reduce the size required for the air-condition plant (Pauleit, Jones, Nyhuus, Pirnat & Salbitano, 2005;Bowler, Buyung-Ali, Knight, Knight & Pullin, 2010;Doick, Peace & Hutchings, 2014;Schwarz et al, 2015;IPCC, 2018;Sharifi, Lehmann & Zawarus, 2021). As consequence, many cities have started to question the outdated 20th-century concept of infinite urban growth, and are now searching for new ways to enable more sustainable, compact inner city living on a reduced area of land per capita that does not trigger gentrification.…”

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Nature in the Urban Context: Renaturalisation as an Important Dimension of Urban Resilience and Planning

Lehmann

2021

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How are our cities confronting the challenges posed by a warming climate, the loss of biodiversity and major resource depletion? ―This article discusses the opportunities and benefits of applying the concepts of renaturalisiation and rewilding of cities. It introduces Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in urban planning that are integrated with the aim to enhance urban resilience and to slow down the biodiversity decline, which can be applied in two areas: through the conception of new green neighbourhoods; and through the regeneration and re-greening of existing but neglected parts of the city, such as postindustrial brownfields or economically weak districts. Contact to nature is essential for human existence, urban wellbeing and a good quality of life. Green spaces in cities –big or small– all contribute to health and wellbeing. However, many cities, including in the U.S. and in Europe, do not offer residents easy access to green space within the city. Improving better access to green spaces and extending gardens and parks will deliver a large number of benefits, such as ecosystem services, better water management for enhanced urban flood control, slowing down the biodiversity loss, contributing to food security, with the potential to restore damaged ecosystems. Furthermore, additional green space and NBS help to keep cities cool during heatwaves and improve the urban microclimate. As most of our cities keep growing and warming, the scale of the issue is significant. For example, in 2020, cities in the European Union were home to over 70 percent of Europe’s population, and this figure is expected to increase to over 80 percent by the middle of the century. This translates to 36 million new urban citizens in Europe by 2050 alone, who will need housing, employment, health care and access to green spaces (EU-Commission, 2018). In this context, nature-based solutions and re-greening can generate significant benefits for citizens, improve urban health and well-being, and offer an opportunity to effectively deploy nature in helping to resolve major societal challenges ―such as social inclusion, food security and disaster risk reduction. However, as the discussion of this article shows, it is essential that the design of NBS is fully integrated with other complementary planning interventions and seeks synergies across all sectors.

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Green Liveable Urban Futures: The Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Planning as a Strategy for Regreening the Post-oil City

Lehmann

2023

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Optimization of Urban Cooling Strategies for Parking Lots in Hot and Dry Climates: Case Study of Las Vegas and Adelaide

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience

Growing Biodiverse Urban Futures: Renaturalization and Rewilding as Strategies to Strengthen Urban Resilience

Nature in the Urban Context: Renaturalisation as an Important Dimension of Urban Resilience and Planning

Green Liveable Urban Futures: The Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Planning as a Strategy for Regreening the Post-oil City

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