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Heat stress poses a serious threat to public health by causing symptoms ranging from mild discomfort, loss of labour productivity, sleep deprivation, to serious heat illnesses with possible (premature) death. Summer heat that causes heat stress is intensified especially at night in urban areas, and ...

Climate adaptation in cities: transitioning to green infrastructure. The challenges related to the consequences of climate change in cities have pushed municipalities to assess their capacity to withstand extreme climate events such as heat waves, drought, storms and floods, air pollution, and subse...

Urban areas are facing increasing challenges from extreme weather events caused by climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the alteration of weather patterns, resulting in higher frequency and intensity of weather extremes. This phenomenon is evident in the Ne...

The challenge of climate change, a global existential issue, has prompted lively academic discussions and practice. In this context, this research explores the complex connection between urban climate resilience and public engagement by analysing the growing body of literature on participation and p...

Urban greenery plays a crucial role in developing sustainable cities. Commonly used metrics to assess urban greenery are the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Green View Index (GVI), derived from satellite and street view imagery. Although deemed objective metrics, they can yield inc...

"The complexities and uncertainties associated with climate change pose by far the greatest challenges that planners have ever been asked to handle" [1]. Climate-related disruptions are increasing in frequency and complexity, necessitating long-term strategies that encompass interconnected urban sys...

The Mission Cities launched by the European Commission have selected 1 00 cities in the EU (plus others in associated countries) for delivering tangible results in terms of climate neutrality for 2030. 2030. TThese cities hese cities will will act as experimentation and innovation hubs to enable all...

The ‘We are the Sensors' workshop, hosted by Senseable Amsterdam Lab (SAL) and RWTH Aachen University in cooperation with Climateflux, aims to explore the intersection of urban comfort, citizen science, and cutting-edge sensing technologies. This workshop provides a unique platform to engage with ...

Like many urban areas globally, Amsterdam faces the increasing challenge of urban air pollution. This empirical study, conducted within the AMS Urban Comfort Lab, investigates the direct impact of green walls and vertical greenery on urban air quality. Distinguishing from previous research relying o...

Climate change is amplifying heat stress risks in European cities, diminishing the livability of public spaces. This issue is intensified by a lack of a spatial overview necessary for mitigating action. Heat stress disrupts crucial urban functions and poses health risks (Böcker & Thorsson, 2014; Eb...

Climate change and urbanization can lead to serious environmental, social and economic problems affecting an increasing number of people in an increasingly expanding urban environments of the 21st century. To mitigate and adapt to the climate change impacts in cities, a number of urban services must...

The Minimum Urban Units (MUUs) present a potential solution for responsive urban planning. Once implemented, MUUs can facilitate sustainable urban development and improve the quality of life of city dwellers. The MUUs are founded on the Local Climate Zone (LCZ) classification scheme, created by Oke ...

Although the need for climate adaptation and mitigation interventions in the urban realm has been widely acknowledged, comparative analyses of the extent to which such interventions combine the two sides of climate action are scarce. This study examines which climate-responsive design interventions ...

Greenery functions contribute to healthy living for citizens. Densely populated urban area's all over the World intend to prepare for future droughts periods by accessing new urban water sources for blue green infrastructure and greenery functions. An innovative opportunity of accessing fresh water ...

Introduction: As cities expand and land becomes built over, more rainwater will run off rather than infiltrate or evapo(trans)pirate, increasing the likelihood of rain induced flooding. Climate change further exacerbates the frequency and intensity of rain events and hence the frequency and severity...

Due to climate change, urban heat-stress is increasingly becoming a risk to health, the livability and accessibility of public spaces (Klok & Kluck, 2018). Trees are often mentioned as best measures to solve heat-stress by providing cool spots or routes (Gromke et al., 2015; Spanjar et al., 2022). H...

In an era of escalating urban challenges, the translation of research into actionable solutions is imperative. As urban land surface temperatures (ULSTs) continue to rise, existing literature in this domain presents a multitude of findings, especially with regards to the robust metrics that influenc...

The accelerated urbanization of Brazilian cities over the last fifty years, coupled with climatic influences, has caused serious impacts on human and natural systems, and is being addressed under the heading of climate change (IPCC, 2014). Mitigation and adaptation measures depend on various policie...

The City of Amsterdam is facing specific problems relating to climate change. One of these problems is the increase in Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) in the extensive canal network of the city. HABs are the spontaneous and excessive growth of algae capable of producing toxins harmful to humans as well ...

Habitat fragmentation caused by urbanization and climate change are important drivers of biodiversity decline and ecosystem degradation (McKinney, 2002). Governmental inaction results in cascade effects, such as the extinction of species and the weakening of ecosystem services that citizens depend o...

Future planning in developing Indian cities is as dynamic as her rivers. Global South cities will become front-and-center during this century as they become crucibles of global trade & development. For my MSc. thesis, therefore, I wanted to study one aspect of this in my home country, India. Rather ...

With the shift from traditional planning based on medieval cities to Le Corbusier-inspired innovations of the 20th century, the legacy of both traditions poses major questions about sustainability and conservation for present-day cities. These two design traditions are compared by analysing their ap...

According to the latest IPCC reports heat waves will increase in both intensity and frequency. Due to the physical nature of cities, they are particularly vulnerable to this increase in heat. Urban heat island (UHI) effect analysis often relies on satellite imagery, which gives a planar representati...