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tion about detected UHIs of CE area where loaded and put in relation with
meteorological and climatic data and trends as well as to spatial planning
information.
5.4.3 WP5 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Starting from scientifi c and institutional framework and from assessment tools provided by previous WPs 3, 4, WP5 was focused on approaches to model for longterms mitigation strategies and short-medium-term adaptation strategies to
encounter UHI.
WP5 deals with the following specifi c questions: Given the results of WPs 3 and 4:
What are the common and differential features of the UHI that effect the regions
studied?
What set of mitigation and adaptation measures and options should be considered
as potentially effective and subjected to detailed modelling studies?
How could “top-down” (low-resolution) meteorological prediction models and bottom-up (high-resolution) building models be combined to provide an environment modelling for parametric study of the aforementioned mitigation and
adaptation measures and strategies?
Having identifi ed a coupled top-down and bottom-up UHI modelling environment,
what would be the outcome and implications (recommendations, guidelines) of
the parametric modelling studies of alternative mitigation and adaptation
measures?
Three Actions are developed in the WP5 framework: Act. 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
• Action 5.1. Extent of UHI effects and corresponding potential Mitigation and
Adaptation (M&A) measures: Within the framework of this action, the common
and differential features of UHI effects in the selected regions have been identifi ed by the corresponding partners. A set of candidate (potentially effective)
M&A measures have been collected and reviewed by the interdisciplinary and
transnational research team. Thereby, the mitigation strategies provide the defi -
nition and application of urban& spatial-planning approaches (e.g. widening of
green areas and rows, spread distribution of populated areas preferring short
buildings surrounded by gardens, canyon effect) that prevent UHIs emergences.
Likewise, relevant construction parameters for buildings (e.g. surfaces characteristics of external building components) have been considered. As to adaptation
strategies, the phenomenon of summer bioclimatic discomfort has been addressed
by setting up warning and prevention systems. Mitigation strategies, already
mentioned in report 3.1.1., can be divided into three main categories, namely
buildings, pavements and vegetation. For buildings one can work on directly
either on their heat exchange material properties (valid for new and old buildings), or on the building/street geometry in order to modify the intensity of the so
D. Fava et al.
tion about detected UHIs of CE area where loaded and put in relation with
meteorological and climatic data and trends as well as to spatial planning
information.
5.4.3 WP5 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
Starting from scientifi c and institutional framework and from assessment tools provided by previous WPs 3, 4, WP5 was focused on approaches to model for longterms mitigation strategies and short-medium-term adaptation strategies to
encounter UHI.
WP5 deals with the following specifi c questions: Given the results of WPs 3 and 4:
What are the common and differential features of the UHI that effect the regions
studied?
What set of mitigation and adaptation measures and options should be considered
as potentially effective and subjected to detailed modelling studies?
How could “top-down” (low-resolution) meteorological prediction models and bottom-up (high-resolution) building models be combined to provide an environment modelling for parametric study of the aforementioned mitigation and
adaptation measures and strategies?
Having identifi ed a coupled top-down and bottom-up UHI modelling environment,
what would be the outcome and implications (recommendations, guidelines) of
the parametric modelling studies of alternative mitigation and adaptation
measures?
Three Actions are developed in the WP5 framework: Act. 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3.
• Action 5.1. Extent of UHI effects and corresponding potential Mitigation and
Adaptation (M&A) measures: Within the framework of this action, the common
and differential features of UHI effects in the selected regions have been identifi ed by the corresponding partners. A set of candidate (potentially effective)
M&A measures have been collected and reviewed by the interdisciplinary and
transnational research team. Thereby, the mitigation strategies provide the defi -
nition and application of urban& spatial-planning approaches (e.g. widening of
green areas and rows, spread distribution of populated areas preferring short
buildings surrounded by gardens, canyon effect) that prevent UHIs emergences.
Likewise, relevant construction parameters for buildings (e.g. surfaces characteristics of external building components) have been considered. As to adaptation
strategies, the phenomenon of summer bioclimatic discomfort has been addressed
by setting up warning and prevention systems. Mitigation strategies, already
mentioned in report 3.1.1., can be divided into three main categories, namely
buildings, pavements and vegetation. For buildings one can work on directly
either on their heat exchange material properties (valid for new and old buildings), or on the building/street geometry in order to modify the intensity of the so
D. Fava et al.