Thermal comfort in urban areas on hot summer days and its improvement through participatory mapping: A case study of two Central European cities
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/23:00580068 RIV/61989592:15310/23:73620571 RIV/49777513:23510/23:43969129
Result on the web
<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104713" target="_blank" >https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104713</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104713" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104713</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Thermal comfort in urban areas on hot summer days and its improvement through participatory mapping: A case study of two Central European cities
Original language description
With increasing urbanisation and climate change, citizens are more frequently exposed to heat stress. In the current pragmatists’ discourse, efforts to adapt cities to deteriorating climate conditions should reflect not only the objective (physical) effects of the proposed measures, but also citizens’ preferences, which influence the perception schemata and mental image of a place. This study employs the innovative approach of mental mapping, using an online survey to identify mental hotspots and coolspots in two Central European cities of Plzeň and Olomouc (Czechia). Map points and polygons, indicating locations thermally (un)comfortable to individual respondents, are combined into aggregate mental maps. Personal behavioural adaptation measures and citizens’ preferences for measures ameliorating thermal discomfort in thermally uncomfortable areas are analysed. The results show that the most preferred measures for improving thermal comfort are trees and parks, and a combination of greenery with blue elements. Other measures, such as temporary greenery, green roofs and facades, exterior shading elements, water spraying and misting, and street sprinkling, are substantially less frequently proposed. However, there are spatial differences between the preferred measures. The character of mental coolspots confirms citizens’ preferences for trees and parks and its synergy with blue elements and provides inspiration for positive change in (mental) hotspots. Moreover, the uneven spatial distribution of mental coolspots in the studied cities revealed neighbourhoods with few or no cooling opportunities in public areas.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Landscape and Urban Planning
ISSN
0169-2046
e-ISSN
1872-6062
Volume of the periodical
233
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May 2023
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
104713
UT code for WoS article
000965341300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85147869245