Modelling Urban Thermal Comfort: Evaluating the Impact of the Urban Requalification Project of Praça Duque De Saldanha and Avenida Da República in Lisbon

Teresa Santos, Caio Silva, José António Tenedório

2017

Abstract

In dense urban areas, reducing traffic and increasing green areas is foreseen as a way of promoting urban comfort. Using the urban requalification project for Lisbon’s Avenidas Novas neighbourhood as a case study, the effects of vegetation on microclimate and urban comfort are evaluated. In this context, the ENVI-met software is used to model the present and the future urban scenario. The simulation results indicate: i) increased urban comfort in the morning and in the afternoon resulting from the decrease in temperature due to the presence of new green areas foreseen by the urban project; ii) a reduction of up to 3 degrees in the morning (9h) and up to 3 degrees in the afternoon (15h); iii) the model implemented in ENVI-met suits the urban and environmental characteristics of Lisbon and it is, therefore, desirable that future urban rehabilitation projects should consider ex ante simulation of this type.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Santos T., Silva C. and António Tenedório J. (2017). Modelling Urban Thermal Comfort: Evaluating the Impact of the Urban Requalification Project of Praça Duque De Saldanha and Avenida Da República in Lisbon . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM, ISBN 978-989-758-252-3, pages 70-80. DOI: 10.5220/0006324500700080

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gistam17,
author={Teresa Santos and Caio Silva and José António Tenedório},
title={Modelling Urban Thermal Comfort: Evaluating the Impact of the Urban Requalification Project of Praça Duque De Saldanha and Avenida Da República in Lisbon},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,},
year={2017},
pages={70-80},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006324500700080},
isbn={978-989-758-252-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management - Volume 1: GISTAM,
TI - Modelling Urban Thermal Comfort: Evaluating the Impact of the Urban Requalification Project of Praça Duque De Saldanha and Avenida Da República in Lisbon
SN - 978-989-758-252-3
AU - Santos T.
AU - Silva C.
AU - António Tenedório J.
PY - 2017
SP - 70
EP - 80
DO - 10.5220/0006324500700080