A protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and the potential of detailed environmental data for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planning

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dc.contributor.authorRavnikar, Ziva
dc.contributor.authorBahillo, Alfonso
dc.contributor.authorMarusic, Barbara Golicnik
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-12T10:57:38Z
dc.date.available2025-06-12T10:57:38Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-18
dc.date.updated2025-06-12T10:57:38Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a warning that there is a need for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planning, particularly when addressing microclimate-related human comfort in designing outdoor public spaces. This paper develops a protocol for microclimate-related street assessment, considering simultaneous dynamic environmental components data gathering and better understanding of microclimatic conditions when commuting by bicycle. The development of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has the potential for overcoming the gap between microclimatology and urban planning, since ICT tools can produce a variety of soft data related to environmental quality and microclimate conditions in outdoor spaces. Further, the interpretation of data in terms of their applicability values for urban planning needs to be well addressed. Accordingly, this paper tests one particular ICT tool, a prototype developed for microclimate data collection along cycling paths. Data collection was performed in two European cities: Bilbao (Spain) and Ljubljana (Slovenia), where the main objective was the development of a protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and exploration of the potential of the collected data for urban planning. The results suggest that the collected data enabled sufficient interpretation of detailed environmental data and led to a better consideration of microclimatology and the urban planning of cycling lanes. The paper contributes to urban planning by presenting a protocol and providing fine-grained localised data with precise spatial and temporal resolutions. The data collected are interpreted through human comfort parameters and can be linked with rates/levels of comfort. As the collected data are geopositioned, they can be presented on a map and provide links between environmental conditions within a spatial context.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 847624. In addition, a number of institutions back and co-finance this project. This paper reflects only the author’s view and the Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P5-0100). This research was partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the PeaceOfMind project (ref. PID2019-105470RB-C31)en
dc.identifier.citationRavnikar, Ž., Bahillo, A., & Goličnik Marušić, B. (2023). A protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and the potential of detailed environmental data for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planning. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/SU15108236
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/SU15108236
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/3030
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors
dc.subject.otherCycling lanes
dc.subject.otherDetailed environmental data
dc.subject.otherHuman comfort zones
dc.subject.otherInformation and communication technology tools
dc.subject.otherMicroclimatology
dc.subject.otherProtocol for microclimate-related street assessment
dc.subject.otherUrban planning
dc.titleA protocol for microclimate-related street assessment and the potential of detailed environmental data for better consideration of microclimatology in urban planningen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue10
oaire.citation.titleSustainability (Switzerland)
oaire.citation.volume15
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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