Multi-Level Toolset for Steering Urban Green Infrastructure to Support the Development of Climate-Proofed Cities

Florian Reinwald, Christiane Brandenburg, Anna Gabor, Peter Hinterkörner, Astrid Kainz, Florian Kraus, Zita Ring, Bernhard Scharf, Tanja Tötzer and Doris Damyanovic
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Florian Reinwald: Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Christiane Brandenburg: Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Anna Gabor: Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Peter Hinterkörner: Wien 3420 Aspern Development AG, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Astrid Kainz: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Florian Kraus: Green4Cities GmbH, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Zita Ring: Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Bernhard Scharf: Green4Cities GmbH, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Tanja Tötzer: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Doris Damyanovic: Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences, Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1180 Vienna, Austria

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-23

Abstract: Adapting spatial development to the challenges of climate change is a major task facing cities. In particular, urban heat islands caused by increasing average temperatures and urban growth are a challenge for cities. The use of climate simulations to assess current and future urban heat stress is a helpful approach for supporting this transition. In particular, green and blue infrastructure helps to reduce the urban heat island effect. These cooling effects can be analysed using simulations. However, a central challenge is that urban adaptation to heat needs to be implemented consistently at different planning levels. A second major challenge in adaption is identifying the amount of urban green infrastructure required in order to achieve a specific cooling benefit and establishing this by means of planning instruments. This article presents two case studies in the city of Vienna to demonstrate how climate simulation tools can be used across different planning levels if they are standardized. When combined with a green and open space factor as a steering instrument, the necessary amount of greening for subsequent planning processes can be secured. The result is a multi-scale toolset consisting of three climate simulation models and a green and open space factor, coordinated, and standardised for use at different levels of planning.

Keywords: urban green infrastructure; urban planning; planning and steering instruments; climate simulation tools; climate change adaptation; multi-level planning; green and open space factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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