Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration

Nardino, Marianna; Cremonini, Letizia; Georgiadis, Teodoro; Mandanici, Emanuele; Bitelli, Gabriele

doi:10.3390/ijerph18094898

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Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration

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Marianna Nardino

¹

,

Letizia Cremonini

¹,

Teodoro Georgiadis

^1,*

,

Emanuele Mandanici

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and

Gabriele Bitelli

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CNR-IBE (National Research Council, Institute for BioEconomy), 40129 Bologna, Italy

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Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(9), 4898; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094898

Submission received: 15 February 2021 / Revised: 4 March 2021 / Accepted: 27 April 2021 / Published: 4 May 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Resilience and Population Health)

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A microclimate classification of the entire Bologna Municipality has been carried out in order to give a tool to the local administration in the drafting of the General Urbanistic Plan (PUG). The city was classified considering the variation of air temperature as a function of the surface characteristics, the vegetation fraction, the building density and the H/W ratio (height to width). Starting from the microclimate analysis carried out with fluid-dynamic modeling (Envi-met) for some areas of the city of urban interest, the air temperature variation was correlated to the physiological equivalent temperature (PET) in order to make a classification of physiological well-being for the resident population. An urban map of a normalized microclimate well-being index (BMN) has been obtained to give support when private, and public actors want to regenerate part of the city, taking into account the climate-centered approach for the development of a sustainability city.

Keywords: urban planning; urban morphology; urban sustainability; population wellness and health

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Nardino, M.; Cremonini, L.; Georgiadis, T.; Mandanici, E.; Bitelli, G. Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094898

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Nardino M, Cremonini L, Georgiadis T, Mandanici E, Bitelli G. Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(9):4898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094898

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Nardino, Marianna, Letizia Cremonini, Teodoro Georgiadis, Emanuele Mandanici, and Gabriele Bitelli. 2021. "Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094898

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Nardino, M., Cremonini, L., Georgiadis, T., Mandanici, E., & Bitelli, G. (2021). Microclimate Classification of Bologna (Italy) as a Support Tool for Urban Services and Regeneration. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094898

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