Climate and urban planning: The example of the planning code for Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires

Investigating the climatic impact of urb

Investigating the climatic impact of urban planning strategies through the use of regional climate modelling: a case study for Melbourne, Australia

✍ Andrew M. Coutts; Jason Beringer; Nigel J. Tapper 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 903 KB

## Abstract Urban planning is a useful method for improving local climate and human health in cities through purposefully modifying urban land surface characteristics. This can reduce the potential risks of elevated city temperatures due to the urban heat island (UHI). Unfortunately, simple tools a