The Built Environment in a Changing Climate

The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collec...

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description The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collection, some transversal take-home messages emerge: • Today’s energy-efficient paradigms may lose their virtuosity in the future unless accurate estimates of future scenarios are used to design modelling platforms and to inform legislative frameworks; • Acting at the local scale is key. Future climate change adaptation will be implemented at the local level. Overlooking regional and local specificities will contribute to inaccurate and inefficient action plans. As such, the smaller scale will become vital in predicting future urban metabolic rates and corresponding comfort-driven strategies; • Energy poverty, heat vulnerability, and social injustice are emerging as critical factors for planning and acting for future-proof cities on par of micro- and meso-climatological factors; • Given that the impacts of climate change will persist for many years, adaptation to this phenomenon should be prioritized by removing any prominent barrier and by enabling combinations of different mitigation technologies. These topics will receive a global reach in few decades, since also developing and underdeveloped countries are starting their fight against local climate change, with cities at the forefront.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-770302024-03-27T16:34:32Z The Built Environment in a Changing Climate Ulpiani, Giulia Zinzi, Michele outdoor space thermal environment radiation environment wind environment heat-related mortality built environment urban resilience extreme heat climate change urban heat island heat stress from outside indoor environments tropics multi-level office buildings coastal cities Mediterranean climate urban heat island intensity sample year climate change adaptation barriers focus group discussion Tehran structural equation modeling urban management near-zero energy buildings future scenarios energy efficiency adaptive comfort long-term performance urban heat Australia UHI effect mitigation bushfire smoke indoor air quality filtration building envelope energy future weather data building energy performance thermal comfort statistical downscaling of climate models dynamical downscaling of climate models urban modelling cities buildings decarbonization urbanisation climate densification population temperature n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general The papers included in this Special Issue tackle multiple aspects of how cities, districts, and buildings could evolve along with climate change and how this would impact our way of conceiving and applying design criteria, policies, and urban plans. Despite the multidisciplinary nature of the collection, some transversal take-home messages emerge: • Today’s energy-efficient paradigms may lose their virtuosity in the future unless accurate estimates of future scenarios are used to design modelling platforms and to inform legislative frameworks; • Acting at the local scale is key. Future climate change adaptation will be implemented at the local level. Overlooking regional and local specificities will contribute to inaccurate and inefficient action plans. As such, the smaller scale will become vital in predicting future urban metabolic rates and corresponding comfort-driven strategies; • Energy poverty, heat vulnerability, and social injustice are emerging as critical factors for planning and acting for future-proof cities on par of micro- and meso-climatological factors; • Given that the impacts of climate change will persist for many years, adaptation to this phenomenon should be prioritized by removing any prominent barrier and by enabling combinations of different mitigation technologies. These topics will receive a global reach in few decades, since also developing and underdeveloped countries are starting their fight against local climate change, with cities at the forefront. 2022-01-11T13:49:49Z 2022-01-11T13:49:49Z 2021 book ONIX_20220111_9783036523569_862 9783036523569 9783036523552 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77030 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4640 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4640 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-2355-2 10.3390/books978-3-0365-2355-2 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036523569 9783036523552 234 Basel, Switzerland open access
spellingShingle outdoor space
thermal environment
radiation environment
wind environment
heat-related mortality
built environment
urban resilience
extreme heat
climate change
urban heat island
heat stress from outside
indoor environments
tropics
multi-level office buildings
coastal cities
Mediterranean climate
urban heat island intensity
sample year
climate change adaptation
barriers
focus group discussion
Tehran
structural equation modeling
urban management
near-zero energy buildings
future scenarios
energy efficiency
adaptive comfort
long-term performance
urban heat
Australia
UHI effect
mitigation
bushfire smoke
indoor air quality
filtration
building envelope
energy
future weather data
building energy performance
thermal comfort
statistical downscaling of climate models
dynamical downscaling of climate models
urban modelling
cities
buildings
decarbonization
urbanisation
climate
densification
population
temperature
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The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title_full The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title_fullStr The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title_full_unstemmed The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title_short The Built Environment in a Changing Climate
title_sort built environment in a changing climate
topic outdoor space
thermal environment
radiation environment
wind environment
heat-related mortality
built environment
urban resilience
extreme heat
climate change
urban heat island
heat stress from outside
indoor environments
tropics
multi-level office buildings
coastal cities
Mediterranean climate
urban heat island intensity
sample year
climate change adaptation
barriers
focus group discussion
Tehran
structural equation modeling
urban management
near-zero energy buildings
future scenarios
energy efficiency
adaptive comfort
long-term performance
urban heat
Australia
UHI effect
mitigation
bushfire smoke
indoor air quality
filtration
building envelope
energy
future weather data
building energy performance
thermal comfort
statistical downscaling of climate models
dynamical downscaling of climate models
urban modelling
cities
buildings
decarbonization
urbanisation
climate
densification
population
temperature
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet outdoor space
thermal environment
radiation environment
wind environment
heat-related mortality
built environment
urban resilience
extreme heat
climate change
urban heat island
heat stress from outside
indoor environments
tropics
multi-level office buildings
coastal cities
Mediterranean climate
urban heat island intensity
sample year
climate change adaptation
barriers
focus group discussion
Tehran
structural equation modeling
urban management
near-zero energy buildings
future scenarios
energy efficiency
adaptive comfort
long-term performance
urban heat
Australia
UHI effect
mitigation
bushfire smoke
indoor air quality
filtration
building envelope
energy
future weather data
building energy performance
thermal comfort
statistical downscaling of climate models
dynamical downscaling of climate models
urban modelling
cities
buildings
decarbonization
urbanisation
climate
densification
population
temperature
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
url ONIX_20220111_9783036523569_862