Print Email Facebook Twitter A heat robust city: Case study designs for two neighbourhoods in the Netherlands Title A heat robust city: Case study designs for two neighbourhoods in the Netherlands Author Kleerekoper, L. Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. Van Dorst, M.J. Hordijk, G.J. Faculty Architecture Department Building Technology Date 2011-12-31 Abstract Urban Heat Islands in cities in the Netherlands are likely to increase due to a predicted climate change and the continuously increasing expansion and densification of cities, In contrast to rural areas cities are warmer because their paved surfaces retain heat, buildings block cooling winds and the lack of vegetation and water reduces evaporation. Although cities are already experiencing problems during periods with warm weather, there are no clear spatial means or strategies available for urban designers to guide them in how to act against heat stress. This paper introduces available heat mitigation measures and their effects, and provides tools for urban design. The applicability of the design tools is tested in a design for two existing neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. The two design plans show that there are various possibilities to apply measures to diminish the accumulation of heat depending on site-specific conditions. Such climate adaptation plans can only be successful when social, economical and spatial aspects are also addressed. Subject climate adaptation measuresurban designurban heat island effect To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4b095730-2f9f-44e1-a5b3-4eb8064598cf ISBN 978-951-758-531-6 Source Proceedings of the world sustainable building conference, SB 11, Helsinki, 18-21 October, 2011 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2011 Kleerekoper, L.Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F.Van Dorst, M.J.Hordijk, G.J. Files PDF 278670.pdf 839.96 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4b095730-2f9f-44e1-a5b3-4eb8064598cf/datastream/OBJ/view