"climate changes" - Selaus asiasanan mukaan Opinnäytetyöt (Avoin kokoelma)
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A critical evaluation of different methods of urban climate mapping : a case study of Glasgow City
(2021)The urban climate is a modified urban atmospheric phenomenon shaped by urban morphology and land use pattern. Urban Heat Island (UHI) is an emerging urban climatic concern that increases the heat risk likelihood in urban ... -
Application of Sponge City concept to address the issues of stormwater management in urban areas : Prohlis, Dresden
(2024)This thesis examines the application of the Sponge City concept as a sustainable stormwater management strategy in Dresden's Prohlis district. It investigates Sponge City's characteristics and benefits for stormwater ... -
Assessing sustainable mobility scenarios and their influence on street level air pollution : a comparative analysis in Kesselsdorfer Street in Dresden, Germany
(2023)Air pollution is a major threat to human health and the environment. For this reason, cities must control and assure better air quality for their citizens, by enhancing a more environmentally sound urban planning and ... -
Assessing the role of landuse landcover transition factors in mitigating surface urban heat risk : a study on Dhaka North city
(2022)The aim of the research is to support policy guidelines in mitigating surface urban heat risk of Dhaka North City. The urban population of Bangladesh has increased by nearly ten times since independence, one third of which ... -
Assessment and adaption of urban cultural heritage assets as touristic destination towards the impact of UHI : case study: City of Edinburgh
(2022)Preserving cultural heritage sites has always faced many challenges in a rapidly growing and changing world, mainly in urban areas [Dastgerdi et al., 2019]. Overall, the urban environment faces imminent risks due to climate ... -
Assessment of intra-city urban heat island effect in relation to vulnerable stakeholders in Karachi, Pakistan via LCZ classification, Land Surface Temperature analysis and traverse surveys
(2020)Presently, the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon and its impacts are gaining momentum as a major research focus in South Asian urban climate literature. However, the case of Karachi, despite recurring heatwaves and ... -
Between buildings : An evaluation of London’s microclimate policy
(2020)Urban centres play a crucial role in climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to think about the role of urban planning in these changes. This thesis aims to investigate what we know about how urban factors influence the ... -
Biomimicry approaches to mitigate the urban heat island
(2020)Mitigating Urban Heat Island Intensity (UHII) requires a comprehensive understanding of its relationship with global climate change, the underlying reasons, and adoption of all sorts of ideas from multidisciplinary fields. ... -
Building stock-level life cycle carbon assessment on strategies of cities in the temperate climate zone : a case study of residential buildings in Lahti and Tampere, Finland
(2024)This research aims to explore the pivotal role of decarbonising the existing building stock to reach national Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and resource consumption targets. In Europe alone, the building sector consumes ... -
Circularity in Cities: socio-spatial dimension of the circular economy as a step towards climate-sensitive urban planning.
(2020)The contribution of urbanisation to resource consumption, environmental degradation and climate change is a reminder of the need of stronger mitigation and adaptation approaches. This has brought a considerable amount of ... -
Climate change as a driving force for production outsourcing to the developing countries : case country China
(2020)Climate change is becoming everyday term. Man-made actions are pushing the environment to its limits. Mitigating the problem needs to address all problematic areas to get the necessary change. Outsourcing manufacturing has ... -
Climate change communication for enhanced urban resilience : communicating urban heat stress through visual narratives
(2023)Climate change communication has become the buzzword of the day. It has caught the attention of researchers, practitioners and change-makers. The climate communication discourse has been dominated by ‘information-deficit’ ... -
Creating sustainable and equitable communities in a post-Covid context : development of the Scottish 20-minute neighbourhood concept
(2022)The aim of the research is to contextualise the 20-minute neighbourhood in Scotland as a place-based approach to a post-pandemic green recovery; to understand how the concept is being received and understood by stakeholders, ... -
Developing climate change adaptation plans for the health sector at subnational levels : the case of the NHS GG&C
(2022)Climate change impacts represent threats to the population worldwide, and the health sector, responsible for taking care of their life and health, will also be impacted. While the consequences of these impacts are imminent, ... -
Developing protocol on Jakarta green area target setting for urban overheating mitigation
(2020)Climate change contributes to heat stress in cities. Massive transitions from natural habitat to built environment triggers urban heat island effects. In the context of urban climate adaptation, green open spaces have been ... -
Environmental impacts of urban sprawling and shrinking green cover in Lahore, Pakistan
(2023)Lahore, Punjab’s provincial capital and 2nd largest metropolitan city of Pakistan, is facing an increasing population and migrational trend from rural to urban areas and socio-economic development resulting in rapid ... -
Evaluating climate change consideration in the Pakistani EIA framework
(2022)Current literature suggests that climate change impacts and adaptation is neglected in environmental impact assessment (EIA). However, it is one of the areas within EIA research which is becoming increasingly important ... -
Evaluating the implementation potential of nature-based solutions for heat and flood hazard mitigation in Lahti, Finland.
(2023)Extreme weather events triggered by climate change is affecting urban populations of Europe on multiple forms. Strategies for mitigating heat and flood hazard and facilitating adaptation to inevitable impacts of climate ... -
Evaluating the integration of urban heat island mitigation and adaptation into current green certification and assessment systems
(2022)Owing to the effects of climate change, the concept of sustainability, which has been around for more than three decades, is now more important than ever. One of the most vital sectors for a quick switch to sustainability ... -
Exploring opportunity sites for implementing nature-based solutions against flooding in urban vacant and derelict land : case study area-Glasgow City
(2023)Rapid urban expansion and changing climate are continuously modifying the natural hydrological cycle. Thus, extreme precipitation-related urban surface water flooding is occurring frequently, with disastrous consequences ...


















