Urban vegetation for reducing heat related mortality

Chen, Dong; Wang, Xiaoming; Thatcher, Marcus; Barnett, Guy; Kachenko, Anthony; Prince, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2014.05.002

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“…Indoor thermal performance of five residential buildings was simulated using a building simulation tool. Simulation results suggested that average seasonal summer temperatures would be reduced by 0.5°C if the city were replaced by vegetated suburbs and 2°C if the city were replaced by parklands (Chen et al 2014).…”

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Vertical Greenery Systems as a Strategy in Urban Heat Island Mitigation

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Jones

Jefferson

2015

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Integrating vegetation into architecture has become widely recognized as a multi-beneficial practice in architecture and engineering design to combat an array of environmental issues. Urban areas have microclimates that are different than the climates of their surrounding rural areas. Patterns in these differences over the years have shown that urban microclimates tend to be significantly warmer in comparison. This phenomenon is now recognized as the urban Bheat island^effect. While the associated consequences of this urban heating are far reaching, excess energy expenditure, air pollution emissions, and threats to human health are among the most critical for evaluation. The integration of vegetative green space in urban planning, coupled with highly reflective materials in place of conventional paved surfaces on roads and rooftops have proven to be effective methods of urban heat island mitigation. While as separate entities these methods are effective, innovative technology has brought forth greening roofs which allows vegetation to compensate where other roof-cooling strategies fall short. Substantially, vertical greenery systems compensate where greening roofs fall short. This paper explores both integrated vegetation as an optimal mitigation strategy for urban heat islands and vertical plant walls as an optimal design.

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Vertical Greenery Systems as a Strategy in Urban Heat Island Mitigation

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Jefferson

2015

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“…Tal es el caso de los denominados golpes de calor, que se trata de la alteración más grave de la regulación térmica, que ocurre cuando la temperatura corporal rebasa límites fisiológicos asociándose conel aumento demortalidad en todo el mundo (Morabito et al, 2012, Robin et al,2008, Laidi, 2012, Chen et al 2014. Los eventos cálidos de 2003 y 2010 en el este de Europa y gran parte de Rusia, clasificadas como "Mega-ondas de calor", probablemente rompieron records de 500 años de registros de temperaturas estacionales en más de la mitad de Europa.…”

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Modelado de las Temperaturas del Aire a 850 milibares: un Potencial Indicador de las Ondas Cálidas en el Noroeste de México

Contreras-Navarro¹,

García-Cueto²,

González-Navarro³

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*Autor a quien debe ser dirigida la correspondenciaRecibido Ago. 18, 2015; Aceptado Oct. 16, 2015; Versión final Dic. 18, 2015, Publicado Abr. 2016 Resumen Se modela la temperatura del aire a 850 milibares para determinar su potencial como indicador de las ondas cálidas en el noroeste de México. El análisis se realizó a nivel de meso-escala pero se enfocó para la ciudad de Mexicali, México. Se identificaron las principales variables que causan la formación de una onda cálida, y se propuso la temperatura del aire a 850 milibares como un indicador de su desarrollo. Esto se hace en función de ocho variables climáticas, utilizando seis algoritmos de inteligencia artificial. La técnica numérica de redes neuronales mostró un mejor desempeño, obteniéndose un coeficiente de regresión de 0.76 con un valor-p de 0.0019. Se concluye que este modelo no lineal es una herramienta prometedora que podría utilizarse en un sistema de alerta de este peligroso fenómeno atmosférico. Palabras clave: onda cálida; temperatura del aire; inteligencia artificial; redes neuronales. Modeling Air Temperatures at 850 milibars: An Indicator Potential of Heatwaves in Northwest Mexico AbstractThe temperatures of atmospheric air at 850 millibars are modeled to determine their potential as an indicator of heat waves in northwest Mexico. The analysis was performed at meso-scale level but focused on the city of Mexicali, Mexico. The main variables that cause the formation of a heat wave are identified, and the modeling of air temperature at 850 milibars as an indicator of its development. This is done considering eight climate variables, using six artificial intelligence algorithms. The numerical technique of artificial neural networks showed a better performance, obtaining a regression coefficient of 0.76 with a pvalue of 0.0019. It is concluded that this non-linear model is a promising tool that could be used in a warning system of this dangerous atmospheric phenomenon.

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“…An example can be drawn from the recent experience in Victoria Australia, where a decade-long drought resulted in a policy to stop watering street trees [34]. This led to the reduced vitality and death of these trees, resulting in increased water and energy use in related urban areas due to an increased urban heat island effect [35] and negative impacts on people's health [36,37]. Flow-on effects in a system work both ways.…”

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Evaluating the Practice and Outcomes of Applying Regenerative Development to a Large-Scale Project in Victoria, Australia

2018

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Abstract:Regenerative development is one of the critical pathways or processes towards an ecological worldview and a built environment in synergy with the natural environment. This vision aims to restore and support environmental, social and economic flows from a systems perspective. While regenerative development has been discussed in theory and applied to some projects, very few studies have analysed the processes that support its emergence. Our study investigates the design process of an ongoing development project, "Seacombe West" in Victoria, Australia. It evaluates the design outputs, using the LENSES Framework (Living Environments in Natural, Social, and Economic Systems) which is specifically designed to facilitate the emergence of regenerative development thinking. The project included a series of four workshops that led to a set of guidelines that in turn were used to design a masterplan. We evaluate the resulting guidelines, the masterplan, and the experience of the participants through an online survey (70% response rate) and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Our results show that using LENSES encouraged systems thinking and helps facilitate a transdisciplinary approach towards regenerative development. This evaluation provides insights into how regenerative development can emerge in projects and how the potential for net benefit can be embedded.

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Urban vegetation for reducing heat related mortality

Cited by 109 publications

References 33 publications

Vertical Greenery Systems as a Strategy in Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Vertical Greenery Systems as a Strategy in Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Modelado de las Temperaturas del Aire a 850 milibares: un Potencial Indicador de las Ondas Cálidas en el Noroeste de México

Evaluating the Practice and Outcomes of Applying Regenerative Development to a Large-Scale Project in Victoria, Australia

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