TY - JOUR
T1 - Adapting cities for climate change
T2 - The role of the green infrastructure
AU - Gill, Susannah E.
AU - Handley, John F.
AU - Ennos, Adrian Roland
AU - Pauleit, Stephan
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The urban environment has distinctive biophysical features in relation to surrounding rural areas. These include an altered energy exchange creating an urban heat island, and changes to hydrology such as increased surface runoff of rainwater. Such changes are, in part, a result of the altered surface cover of the urban area. For example less vegetated surfaces lead to a decrease in evaporative cooling, whilst an increase in surface sealing results in increased surface runoff. Climate change will amplify these distinctive features. This paper explores the important role that the green infrastructure, i.e. the greenspace network, of a city can play in adapting for climate change. It uses the conurbation of Greater Manchester as a case study site. The paper presents output from energy exchange and hydrological models showing surface temperature and surface runoff in relation to the green infrastructure under current and future climate scenarios. The implications for an adaptation strategy to climate change in the urban environment are discussed.
AB - The urban environment has distinctive biophysical features in relation to surrounding rural areas. These include an altered energy exchange creating an urban heat island, and changes to hydrology such as increased surface runoff of rainwater. Such changes are, in part, a result of the altered surface cover of the urban area. For example less vegetated surfaces lead to a decrease in evaporative cooling, whilst an increase in surface sealing results in increased surface runoff. Climate change will amplify these distinctive features. This paper explores the important role that the green infrastructure, i.e. the greenspace network, of a city can play in adapting for climate change. It uses the conurbation of Greater Manchester as a case study site. The paper presents output from energy exchange and hydrological models showing surface temperature and surface runoff in relation to the green infrastructure under current and future climate scenarios. The implications for an adaptation strategy to climate change in the urban environment are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33947262651&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2148/benv.33.1.115
DO - 10.2148/benv.33.1.115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33947262651
SN - 0263-7960
VL - 33
SP - 115
EP - 133
JO - Built Environment
JF - Built Environment
IS - 1
ER -