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Urban heat indicator map for climate adaptation planning

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  • M. A. M. Groot-Reichwein

    (Wageningen University and Research Centre
    WUR-Alterra)

  • R. J. A. Lammeren

    (Wageningen University and Research Centre)

  • H. Goosen

    (Wageningen University and Research Centre)

  • A. Koekoek

    (Geodan BV)

  • A. K. Bregt

    (Wageningen University and Research Centre)

  • P. Vellinga

    (Wageningen University and Research Centre)

Abstract

By 2050, 75 % of the world’s population will live in cities and the occurrence of heat wave events might have doubled. Mapping the climate and land use change impact for urban heat events should set the agenda for adaptation planning at the local scale. Literature on urban heat mapping does not reveal a clear indicator to visualise the urban heat impacts that includes consequences of land use and climate changes for planning purposes. This paper introduces a stepwise approach to develop a single complex indicator to map the urban heat impact for local climate adaptation planning processes. Information on climatic drivers and land use characteristics are combined and projected for future land use and climate change impacts. Next, several visualisation techniques are developed to investigate which techniques are most effective to visualise complex information with multiple variables in one visualisation. A usability test is performed to investigate how indicator and map meet the information and communication needs of policy makers. Our findings reveal that it is important to add information on future impacts to set the agenda for adaptation planning at the local scale. Applying cartographic techniques in a map series presentation has proven to be effective to map complex information in a single image and fulfil most of the identified information needs. Based on our finding, we introduce the information enrichment chain as a promising approach to support local adaptation planning.

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  • M. A. M. Groot-Reichwein & R. J. A. Lammeren & H. Goosen & A. Koekoek & A. K. Bregt & P. Vellinga, 2018. "Urban heat indicator map for climate adaptation planning," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 169-185, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:masfgc:v:23:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s11027-015-9669-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s11027-015-9669-5
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    1. Jiayu Li & Bohong Zheng & Wenquan Shen & Yanfen Xiang & Xiao Chen & Zhiyong Qi, 2019. "Cooling and Energy-Saving Performance of Different Green Wall Design: A Simulation Study of a Block," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-17, July.
    2. Wei Zhang & Qianxing Zhao & Minjie Pei, 2021. "How much uncertainty does the choice of data transforming method brings to heat risk mapping? Evidence from China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 106(1), pages 349-373, March.

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