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Achieving Urban Resilience Thought Environmental Streetscape Design and Traffic Calming. A Case Study in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Greece
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The adverse effects of the climate crisis on urban areas hinder the functions of the city and threaten the anthropogenic environment. When the climate hazards manifest in the road network and public spaces, they directly impact human health and safety, affecting the quality of life and livability. The subject of this study is the environmental redesign of urban roads using bioclimatic design tools. The aim is to improve the microclimatic conditions of public spaces and enhance sustainable mobility and urban resilience. The Profitis Ilias Street in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Thessaloniki, Greece is studied, which is characterized by a significant lack of safe and comfortable infrastructure for walking and cycling, lack of green spaces that exacerbate high temperatures during heatwaves, as well as the occurrence of floods in case of intense and rapid rainfall due to the absence of an integrated stormwater drainage network. By applying the Urban Adaptation Support Tool of the European Environment Agency, the risks and vulnerability of the road axis were assessed, a resilience strategy was developed, and specific adaptation measures to climate change impacts (urban heat island effect, floodings) were proposed in combination with traffic calming measures at urban design scale of 1:1000. The use of cool and permeable paving, the installation of blue and green infrastructure, and the restriction of motorized traffic are fundamental prerequisites for achieving urban resilience. We suggest that the bioclimatic approach, so far implemented to a limited extent in urban street design, should become an integral part of transport planning.
Achieving Urban Resilience Thought Environmental Streetscape Design and Traffic Calming. A Case Study in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Greece
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-2742
The adverse effects of the climate crisis on urban areas hinder the functions of the city and threaten the anthropogenic environment. When the climate hazards manifest in the road network and public spaces, they directly impact human health and safety, affecting the quality of life and livability. The subject of this study is the environmental redesign of urban roads using bioclimatic design tools. The aim is to improve the microclimatic conditions of public spaces and enhance sustainable mobility and urban resilience. The Profitis Ilias Street in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Thessaloniki, Greece is studied, which is characterized by a significant lack of safe and comfortable infrastructure for walking and cycling, lack of green spaces that exacerbate high temperatures during heatwaves, as well as the occurrence of floods in case of intense and rapid rainfall due to the absence of an integrated stormwater drainage network. By applying the Urban Adaptation Support Tool of the European Environment Agency, the risks and vulnerability of the road axis were assessed, a resilience strategy was developed, and specific adaptation measures to climate change impacts (urban heat island effect, floodings) were proposed in combination with traffic calming measures at urban design scale of 1:1000. The use of cool and permeable paving, the installation of blue and green infrastructure, and the restriction of motorized traffic are fundamental prerequisites for achieving urban resilience. We suggest that the bioclimatic approach, so far implemented to a limited extent in urban street design, should become an integral part of transport planning.
Achieving Urban Resilience Thought Environmental Streetscape Design and Traffic Calming. A Case Study in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Greece
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-2742
The adverse effects of the climate crisis on urban areas hinder the functions of the city and threaten the anthropogenic environment. When the climate hazards manifest in the road network and public spaces, they directly impact human health and safety, affecting the quality of life and livability. The subject of this study is the environmental redesign of urban roads using bioclimatic design tools. The aim is to improve the microclimatic conditions of public spaces and enhance sustainable mobility and urban resilience. The Profitis Ilias Street in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Thessaloniki, Greece is studied, which is characterized by a significant lack of safe and comfortable infrastructure for walking and cycling, lack of green spaces that exacerbate high temperatures during heatwaves, as well as the occurrence of floods in case of intense and rapid rainfall due to the absence of an integrated stormwater drainage network. By applying the Urban Adaptation Support Tool of the European Environment Agency, the risks and vulnerability of the road axis were assessed, a resilience strategy was developed, and specific adaptation measures to climate change impacts (urban heat island effect, floodings) were proposed in combination with traffic calming measures at urban design scale of 1:1000. The use of cool and permeable paving, the installation of blue and green infrastructure, and the restriction of motorized traffic are fundamental prerequisites for achieving urban resilience. We suggest that the bioclimatic approach, so far implemented to a limited extent in urban street design, should become an integral part of transport planning.
Achieving Urban Resilience Thought Environmental Streetscape Design and Traffic Calming. A Case Study in the Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis, Greece
Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure
Nathanail, Eftihia G. (editor) / Gavanas, Nikolaos (editor) / Adamos, Evangelos (editor) / Papagiannakis, Apostolos (author) / Karathanou, Dimitra (author)
Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility ; 2024 ; Kalivia Filaktis, Greece
2025-03-10
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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