Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges
The city is characterised by a specific climate. Depending on the type of land use, the characteristics of the land cover, such as colour and the permeability of the surface, or the construction materials used in the urban space - there are locally large horizontal and vertical differences in air t...
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Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
2022-10-01
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The city is characterised by a specific climate. Depending on the type of land use, the characteristics of the land cover, such as colour and the permeability of the surface, or the construction materials used in the urban space - there are locally large horizontal and vertical differences in air temperature in the city, defined by the local energy balance of the surface area. The varies are represented by the topoclimatic units. Each of the topoclimatic types can be characterised by a specific sensitivity to the occurrence of high air temperature, which has its direct impact on the parameters of thermal bioregulation of an individual living in the urban space. The analysis of topoclimatic conditions is presented on the example of two towns near Warsaw: Mińsk Mazowiecki and Wołomin. We then demonstrate the relationship between topoclimate and human thermal stress under conditions of high and extremely high air temperature. We present how targeted actions in urban space can shape topoclimates and consequently mitigate the effects of heat waves. These measures are of considerable importance in the context of adaptation to forecast climate change. In our opinion, modelling of human thermal stress should be one of the key parameters in spatial planning, among others, as a part of health risk management.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6fde1c29c6544bdd940958dd0310efab2025-02-02T06:56:27ZengUniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w WarszawieStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182719-826X2022-10-0120310.21697/seb.2022.24Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and ChallengesAneta Afelt0Wojciech Szymalski1Kamil Leziak2Espace-DEV, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development,Institute for Sustainable Development, Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, The city is characterised by a specific climate. Depending on the type of land use, the characteristics of the land cover, such as colour and the permeability of the surface, or the construction materials used in the urban space - there are locally large horizontal and vertical differences in air temperature in the city, defined by the local energy balance of the surface area. The varies are represented by the topoclimatic units. Each of the topoclimatic types can be characterised by a specific sensitivity to the occurrence of high air temperature, which has its direct impact on the parameters of thermal bioregulation of an individual living in the urban space. The analysis of topoclimatic conditions is presented on the example of two towns near Warsaw: Mińsk Mazowiecki and Wołomin. We then demonstrate the relationship between topoclimate and human thermal stress under conditions of high and extremely high air temperature. We present how targeted actions in urban space can shape topoclimates and consequently mitigate the effects of heat waves. These measures are of considerable importance in the context of adaptation to forecast climate change. In our opinion, modelling of human thermal stress should be one of the key parameters in spatial planning, among others, as a part of health risk management. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/10503city topoclimatespatial planninghuman thermal stressadaptation to climate changehealth-One Health |
| spellingShingle | Aneta Afelt Wojciech Szymalski Kamil Leziak Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae city topoclimate spatial planning human thermal stress adaptation to climate change health-One Health |
| title | Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges |
| title_full | Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges |
| title_short | Urban Thermal Comfort - Reality and Challenges |
| title_sort | urban thermal comfort reality and challenges |
| topic | city topoclimate spatial planning human thermal stress adaptation to climate change health-One Health |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/10503 |
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