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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-9bcf6dd09c4a4869a19e16ab3a15d3da2025-08-01T13:02:48ZengFirenze University PressTechne2239-02432025-07-0129110.36253/techne-16596Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoodsMariana Pereira Guimaraes0Valentina Dessì1Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani Politecnico di Milano, ItaliaDipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani Politecnico di Milano, ItaliaThe 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. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/16596 Thermal comfortEvaporative-coolingLiveabilityClimate adaptationHolistic cross-scalar approach |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Pereira Guimaraes Valentina Dessì Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods Techne Thermal comfort Evaporative-cooling Liveability Climate adaptation Holistic cross-scalar approach |
| title | Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| title_full | Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| title_fullStr | Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| title_short | Blue-green urban oasis: creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| title_sort | blue green urban oasis creating strategic cool spots in overheated neighbourhoods |
| topic | Thermal comfort Evaporative-cooling Liveability Climate adaptation Holistic cross-scalar approach |
| url | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/16596 |
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