Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods
The paper presents a methodology for adapting to urban overheating by creating strategically located blue-green oases – combining vegetation and water systems to enhance neighbbourhood thermal comfort. Focusing on Milan’s Corvetto district as an example, the methodology includes 1) identifying socio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Techne |
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| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/16596 |
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| Summary: | The paper presents a methodology for adapting to urban overheating by creating strategically located blue-green oases – combining vegetation and water systems to enhance neighbbourhood thermal comfort. Focusing on Milan’s Corvetto district as an example, the methodology includes 1) identifying socio-environmentally vulnerable neighbourhoods at the city scale; 2) mapping existing cool spots within the neighbourhood; 3) identifying areas beyond a 5-minute walking radius from these cool spots; and 4) proposing local interventions, such as water-based solutions (WBS), in urban spaces that could become new “cool spots”. The results highlight a network of potential new cooling spaces.
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| ISSN: | 2239-0243 |