The seventh International Conference on Urban Climate,
29 June - 3 July 2009, Yokohama, Japan
An urban environmental database suitable for planning purposes:
A case study for Dublin
Gerald Mills*, Tine Ningal.
*Planning & Environmental Policy, UCD
Abstract
One of the great challenges in urban climate research is to transfer the results of this work to planning and design
practitioners. In order to handle the complexity of the urban environment much research was carried out using
very simple configurations (e.g. symmetrical street canyons). However, such experimental work often requires
specialized knowledge and often has little obvious correspondence to real-city environments. Ideally, urban
climate knowledge could be integrated into the working context of these practitioners. This is most effectively
done through an urban GIS model where the planner's local knowledge of places can be linked with
environmental quality. Recent advances in both the availability of urban 3-D data and in GIS software could
provide this link. For example, detailed building topography allows us to estimate variables such as solar access
and sky-view factors, which exert considerable influence on micro-scale climates, on a city scale. This poster will
describe a project that is building an urban environmental database for Dublin city (which includes buildings and
trees) suitable for climate-based planning.
An urban environmental database suitable for planning purposes: A case study for Dublin
2010
One of the great challenges in urban climate research is to transfer the results of this work to planning and design practitioners. In order to handle the complexity of the urban environment much research was carried out using very simple configurations (e.g. symmetrical street canyons). However, such experimental work often requires specialized knowledge and often has little obvious correspondence to real-city environments. Ideally, urban climate knowledge could be integrated into the working context of these practitioners. This is most effectively done through an urban GIS model where the planner's local knowledge of places can be linked with environmental quality. Recent advances in both the availability of urban 3-D data and in GIS software could provide this link. For example, detailed building topography allows us to estimate variables such as solar access and sky-view factors, which exert considerable influence on micro-scale climates, on a city scale. This poster will de......Read more
