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Fig. 5.6
Link to the consultation tool .............................................. 114
Fig. 5.7
The first three menus of the consultation tool ................... 117
Fig. 5.8
The subsequent three menus .............................................. 117
Fig. 5.9
The simulation tool ............................................................ 118
Fig. 5.10
Link to the UHI’s DSS ....................................................... 118
Fig. 5.11
Interactive map................................................................... 119
Fig. 6.1
Hierarchy of urban centres – Road and rail network ......... 133
Fig. 6.2
Urbanization 1976–2008 ................................................... 133
Fig. 6.3
POC .................................................................................... 135
Fig. 6.4
Villaggio Artigiano – Planimetry ....................................... 136
Fig. 6.5
Villaggio Artigiano – Urban morphology .......................... 138
Fig. 6.6
Villaggio Artigiano – Planimetric view ............................. 139
Fig. 6.7
Long term trend of Heating Degree Days (HDD)
for the urban and the rural area .......................................... 140
Fig. 6.8
Long term trend of Cooling Degree Days (CDD)
for the urban and the rural area .......................................... 141
Fig. 6.9
Example of 2-m height field of temperature
as simulated by ENVI-met model ...................................... 142
Fig. 6.10
Vertical profiles of “all day” mean differences
between each scenarios, labeled as indicated
in the legend, and the control run ...................................... 143
Fig. 6.11
Thom’s discomfort index table .......................................... 147
Fig. 6.12
DI trend registered in 2012 ................................................ 148
Fig. 6.13
DI trend registered in 2003 ................................................ 148
Fig. 7.1
The path along which the mobile
surveys were conducted, going from
the NW to the SE of Padua and return (Google Earth) ...... 203
Fig. 7.2
UHI intensity during night-time mobile survey
of the 30th July, 2012. The vertical broken line
indicates the U-turn during the survey
(the names of the streets refer to Fig. 7.1).
The red star represents Prato della Valle ........................... 204
Fig. 7.3
Humidity ratio during the night-time mobile survey
of the 30th July, 2012. The vertical broken
line indicates the U-turn during the survey
(the names of the streets refer to Fig. 7.1) ......................... 205
Fig. 7.4
The model area in ENVImet used for the simulations
of the “AsIs”, “Cool pavements” and
“Cool roofs” scenarios. The red numbers identify four
characteristic points for which air temperature at 2 m
above ground has been considered in the study ................. 215
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