Statistical Review of Quality Parameters of Blue-Green Infrastructure Elements Important in Mitigating the Effect of the Urban Heat Island in the Temperate Climate (C) Zone

Patryk Antoszewski, Dariusz Świerk and Michał Krzyżaniak
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Patryk Antoszewski: Department of Landscape Architecture, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159 Street, 60-594 Poznań, Poland
Dariusz Świerk: Department of Landscape Architecture, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159 Street, 60-594 Poznań, Poland
Michał Krzyżaniak: Department of Landscape Architecture, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159 Street, 60-594 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-36

Abstract: Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect relates to the occurrence of a positive heat balance, compared to suburban and extra-urban areas in a high degree of urbanized cities. It is necessary to develop effective UHI prevention and mitigation strategies, one of which is blue-green infrastructure (BGI). Most research work comparing impact of BGI parameters on UHI mitigation is based on data measured in different climate zones. This makes the implication of nature-based solutions difficult in cities with different climate zones due to the differences in the vegetation time of plants. The aim of our research was to select the most statistically significant quality parameters of BGI elements in terms of preventing UHI. The normative four-step data delimitation procedure in systematic reviews related to UHI literature was used, and temperate climate (C) zone was determined as the UHI crisis area. As a result of delimitation, 173 publications qualified for literature review were obtained (488 rejected). We prepared a detailed literature data analysis and the CVA model—a canonical variation of Fisher’s linear discriminant analysis (LDA). Our research has indicated that the BGI object parameters are essential for UHI mitigation, which are the following: area of water objects and green areas, street greenery leaf size (LAI), green roofs hydration degree, and green walls location. Data obtained from the statistical analysis will be used to create the dynamic BGI modeling algorithm, which is the main goal of the series of articles in the future.

Keywords: urban heat island mitigation strategy; blue-green infrastructure effectivity factors; blue-green infrastructure parameterization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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