RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 A protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and the potential of detailed environmental data for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planning
A1 Ravnikar, Živa
A1 Bahillo Martínez, Alfonso
A1 Goličnik Marušić, Barbara
K1 Microclimatology
K1 Climatology
K1 Urban planning
K1 Urbanismo - Planes
K1 Communication and technology
K1 Information technology
K1 Información - Innovaciones tecnológicas
K1 Comunicación - Innovaciones tecnológicas
K1 Environmental monitoring
K1 Bike lanes
K1 Human comfort
K1 Sustainable development
K1 Sustainability
K1 Desarrollo sostenible
K1 Sostenibilidad
K1 2502 Climatología
K1 2502.04 Microclimatología
K1 3329 Planificación Urbana
K1 3325 Tecnología de las Telecomunicaciones
AB This paper presents a warning that there is a need for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planning, particularly when addressing microclimate-related human comfort in designing outdoor public spaces. This paper develops a protocol for microclimate-related street assessment, considering simultaneous dynamic environmental components data gathering and better understanding of microclimatic conditions when commuting by bicycle. The development of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has the potential for overcoming the gap between microclimatology and urban planning, since ICT tools can produce a variety of soft data related to environmental quality and microclimate conditions in outdoor spaces. Further, the interpretation of data in terms of their applicability values for urban planning needs to be well addressed. Accordingly, this paper tests one particular ICT tool, a prototype developed for microclimate data collection along cycling paths. Data collection was performed in two European cities: Bilbao (Spain) and Ljubljana (Slovenia), where the main objective was the development of a protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and exploration of the potential of the collected data for urban planning. The results suggest that the collected data enabled sufficient interpretation of detailed environmental data and led to a better consideration of microclimatology and the urban planning of cycling lanes. The paper contributes to urban planning by presenting a protocol and providing fine-grained localised data with precise spatial and temporal resolutions. The data collected are interpreted through human comfort parameters and can be linked with rates/levels of comfort. As the collected data are geopositioned, they can be presented on a map and provide links between environmental conditions within a spatial context.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65526
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/65526
LA eng
NO Sustainability, 2023, Vol. 15, Nº. 10, 8236
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-jun-2024