Mapping Europe into local climate zones.
Matthias Demuzere,Matthias Demuzere,Benjamin Bechtel,Benjamin Bechtel,Ariane Middel,Gerald Mills +5 more
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A European database that has a particular focus on characterising urbanised landscapes is presented, derived using tools and techniques developed as part of the WUDAPT project, which has the goal of acquiring and disseminating climate-relevant information on cities worldwide.Abstract:
Cities are major drivers of environmental change at all scales and are especially at risk from the ensuing effects, which include poor air quality, flooding and heat waves. Typically, these issues are studied on a city-by-city basis owing to the spatial complexity of built landscapes, local topography and emission patterns. However, to ensure knowledge sharing and to integrate local-scale processes with regional and global scale modelling initiatives, there is a pressing need for a world-wide database on cities that is suited for environmental studies. In this paper we present a European database that has a particular focus on characterising urbanised landscapes. It has been derived using tools and techniques developed as part of the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) project, which has the goal of acquiring and disseminating climate-relevant information on cities worldwide. The European map is the first major step toward creating a global database on cities that can be integrated with existing topographic and natural land-cover databases to support modelling initiatives.read more
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