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Abstract(s)
In order to contribute to the sustainability of the urban environment, knowledge about the urban climate
should be translated into climatic guidelines for planning. However, there are hardly any studies on applied
urban climatology in areas with a Mediterranean type of climate. The study presented in this paper has
several aims: to identify the climatic needs in a coastal city with Mediterranean climate; to describe the
methodology, which can be adapted in order to be used in other cities; to discuss some of the problems
that arise when applying climatic knowledge to urban planning, including the selection of the adequate
scale of analysis, the required data and tools, the selection of the planning priorities, and the need to
develop a shared language among planners and climatologists; and last to contribute to furthering the
debate on the advantages of including climatic guidelines in Master Plans of urban municipalities in a
systematic way. Lisbon’s case study is presented. As planners need spatialized guidelines, the mapping
of Lisbon’s physical features was carried out using a Geographical Information System. Based on a Digital
Terrain Model and on data of urban roughness a “ventilation map” was produced. A “building-density”
map was also prepared based on the analysis of a Landsat image and field work. By crosstabulating these
two layers, a final map depicting Lisbon’s “homogeneous climatic-response units” was prepared. Finally,
a series of climatic guidelines for planning were put forth for the different units.
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Keywords
Urban planning Urban climate Master Plans Urban sustainability GIS
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Alcoforado, M. J., Andrade, H., Lopes, A., & Vasconcelos, J. (2009). Application of climatic guidelines to urban planning: the example of Lisbon (Portugal). Landscape and Urban Planning, 90(1–2), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.006.
Publisher
Elsevier