Climate and water sensitive urban design
Summary
This project-based course introduces students to the field of urban climate and hydrology, with a focus on nature-based solutions for the design of climate and water resilient cities.
Content
PART 1: Climate
- Cities and global climate change
- Introduction to urban climate (airflow, radiation, energy balance)
- Urban heat and dry islands
- Air pollution
- Climate sensitive design
PART 2: Water
- Introduction to urban hydrology
- Runoff modelling, flood risk and mitigation
- Conventional vs Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
- Water sensitive design
Keywords
Urban Climate, Urban Hydrology, Nature-Based Solutions, Green Infrastructures, Resilient Cities
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Explain how cities modify land surface processes on multiple temporal and spatial scales
- Quantify the physical processes governing the climate and hydrology of cities (e.g., urban heat and dry islands, air pollution, runoff generation, flood risk)
- Apply urban physics concepts in urban design
- Propose nature-based solutions to design more sustainable and resilient cities
Transversal skills
- Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
- Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
- Evaluate one's own performance in the team, receive and respond appropriately to feedback.
- Identify the different roles that are involved in well-functioning teams and assume different roles, including leadership roles.
- Write a scientific or technical report.
- Take account of the social and human dimensions of the engineering profession.
- Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
Teaching methods
Weekly lectures (L): carried out at the blackboard and with the aid of projected material
Weekly design tutorials/exercises (E): students will work in multidisciplinary teams on a group project for the entire duration of the course
Assessment methods
40% Individual in-class test
60% Group project (40%) with individual components (20%)
Resources
Bibliography
Oke, T. R., Mills, G., Christen, A., & Voogt, J. A. (2017). Urban climates. Cambridge University Press (available online).
Guo, J. C., Wang, W., & Li, J. (2022). Urban Drainage and Storage Practices. CRC Press (Available online).
Ressources en bibliothèque
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
- Subject examined: Climate and water sensitive urban design
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
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