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LABORATORY B - CLIMATE ADAPTATION Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Ecology and Environment;
Elements of Technical Physics.
Objectives
Contents The causes and effects of climate change;
Analysis of Adaptation Plans;
Urban and environmental analysis of the area under study;
Recalls of Technical Physics; Climate change and its impact on outdoor comfort; Outdoor comfort indices; Calculation of outdoor comfort indices; The heat island; Calculation of the heat island;
Construction of an adaptation action programme.
Extended Syllabus Urban and environmental analysis of the urban context;
Mapping and description of open and public spaces;
Mapping of the built heritage (functions, conditions of use, etc.);
Analysis of existing urban planning tools;
Synthesis on the concepts of adaptation, mitigation and resilience;
Analysis of Adaptation Plans and Action Plans;
Flexibility of open and public space;
Study of Adaptation projects;
What is comfort;
Different definitions of Comfort;
Development of Comfort evaluation models;
Physiological approach;
The Comfa;
Thermal stress indices;
The PET;
The PMV
Perceived temperature;
The SET*;
UTCI;
Empirical indices (ASV, TS, TSV);
Indices based on linear equations (AT, DI, ESI, PSI, ET, H, HI, RSI, WBGT, WCI);
Calculating some comfort indices using Grasshopper;
The heat island;
Albedo;
Calculation of the heat island using NASA ARSET: Land Surface Temperature-Based Surface Urban Heat Island Mapping;
The importance of the climate file in sustainable planning
Differences between real and virtual anemometers and Regional Climate Models;
Main current and forecast climate databases;
Adaptation programme through the identification of strategic axes and specific actions.
Recommended Bibliography - Gisotti G. 2007, Ambiente urbano. Introduzione all'ecologia urbana, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Milano.
- Manigrasso M. 2022, La città adattiva. Il grado zero dell'urban design, Quodlibet. Macerata.
- Manigrasso M., Mastrolonardo L. 2014, A.R.M.I. Adattamento, Resilienza, Metabolismo, Intelligenza, EdicomEdizioni, Monfalcone.
- R. Lombardi, J.Leach, Rogers C. 2012, Designing Resilient Cities. A guide to good practice, IHS BRE Press.
- Scudo G., Ochoa de la Torre 2003, Spazi verdi urbani. La vegetazione come strumento di progetto per il confort ambientale negli spazi abitati, Sistemi Editoriali Esselibri, Napoli.
Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Environment
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau , Zheng Tan , Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Chao Ren, Springer Singapore
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Theoretical lessons and laboratory exercises conducted in the classroom or online
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Learning assessment methods:
Oral exam
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