Implementation of urban climate-responsive design strategies: an international overview
Sjoerd Brandsma, Sanda Lenzholzer, G.J. Carsjens, Robert D. Brown, Silvia Tavares
Abstract
Urban climatic challenges can motivate urban planners and designers to implement urban climate-responsive design strategies.But does this process occur sufficiently, and if not, why?This study explores the implementation of urban climate-responsive design strategies, potential functional and aesthetic conflicts, availability of policy instruments that support implementation, strengths and weaknesses, and missed opportunities for integrating agendas.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts familiar with urban climate-responsive design.The results suggest that greening measures are most often implemented, strategies tend to compete with other land-uses, designers face aesthetic conflicts, and strategies are predominantly mainstreamed within existing policy instruments.