Data Analysis and Data Communication for Combating the Effects of Climate Change in Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2023) | Viewed by 4275
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change; urban climate; heat mitigation technologies; time series; visual analytics
Interests: urban microclimate; bioclimatic design; building performance simulation; big data analysis in architecture and town planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The unprecedented global increase in frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events attributed to climate change (e.g., heatwaves, heavy precipitation, droughts, and tropical cyclones) is one of the most pressing and detrimental environmental challenges we currently face. With clear indications that such developments are prone to be exacerbated in the near future, the need to act now is imperative. This is especially true for urban areas, where the adverse climatic extremes are likely to impact the health, wellbeing, and livelihood of the rapidly growing urban populations.
While urban areas around the world differ in terms of size, built-up area, population density, urban morphology, and growth intensity, the global character of their exposure to extreme weather events attributed to climate change is evident. This calls for the development of concerted and systematic approaches to climate-resilient urban management and growth that could globally benefit urban areas.
The application of quantitative, evidence-based tools to support scientific understanding and help manage the risks of climate change in urban environments has continuously increased in recent years. However, the complexity of the problem requires a deeper level of integration of diverse disciplines, systems, data types, and tools, as well as better methods of communicating climate-related data to urban planning authorities and stakeholders. Cities today are therefore in need of new technologies, applications, and planning methods that can exploit the full potential of collected or generated data to interpret complex spatiotemporal climatic phenomena and support more informed decision making.
For this Special Issue of Sustainability, we welcome original research articles and reviews on recent applications of data analytics for enhancing climate-responsive urban planning and management. Contributions may cover (but may not be limited to) the following subjects:
- Development of methodologies and tools to detect, predict, and mitigate urban-level challenges (e.g., urban overheating, flooding);
- Evidence-based methodologies integrated into urban planning processes for enhancing urban climate resilience;
- Interactive climate data mining focusing on non-stationarity, nonlinearity, and seasonality;
- Exemplary cases of demonstration projects and response strategies to ameliorate urban-level challenges (e.g., urban overheating, flooding);
- Innovative urban big data collection and analysis related to climatic challenges and their communication to wider audiences.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Milena Vuckovic
Dr. Or Aleksandrowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban climate
- urban overheating
- urban flooding
- urban landscape
- planning and design for urban resiliency
- urban heat mitigation
- innovative greening technologies
- nature-based solutions
- climate change adaptation
- evidence-based planning and design
