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Morphological indices as urban planning tools in Northeastern Brazil
The purpose of this article is to analyze urban form through the mapping of morphological indices, namely impervious surface fraction, building density, verticality, height/width ratio, roughness length, and porosity, to support urban planning in the city of João Pessoa, PB, in northeastern Brazil. The application of this study identifies and calculates such significant indices for the city’s urban space from a Geographic Information System (GIS) model. The spatial indices play notable roles in climate at different scales, developing guidelines to maximize environmental quality, promote improvements to thermal comfort, minimize the urban heat island in the city of João Pessoa, and provide relevant data (considering microclimate aspects), guiding decisions related to the planning process. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Morphological indices as urban planning tools in Northeastern Brazil
The purpose of this article is to analyze urban form through the mapping of morphological indices, namely impervious surface fraction, building density, verticality, height/width ratio, roughness length, and porosity, to support urban planning in the city of João Pessoa, PB, in northeastern Brazil. The application of this study identifies and calculates such significant indices for the city’s urban space from a Geographic Information System (GIS) model. The spatial indices play notable roles in climate at different scales, developing guidelines to maximize environmental quality, promote improvements to thermal comfort, minimize the urban heat island in the city of João Pessoa, and provide relevant data (considering microclimate aspects), guiding decisions related to the planning process. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Morphological indices as urban planning tools in Northeastern Brazil
Silva, Ivanize (author) / Santos, Rafael (author) / Lopes, António (author) / Araújo, Virgínia (author)
2019-07-16
doi:10.3390/su10124358
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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