Urban space’s morphology and microclimatic analysis: A study for a typical urban district in the Mediterranean city of Thessaloniki, Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 96-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Tsoka ◽  
Katerina Tsikaloudaki ◽  
Theodoros Theodosiou
Keyword(s):  
Urban District ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean City

The Mediterranean City in Transition: Social Change and Urban Development

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 328
Author(s):  
Josef W. Konvitz ◽  
Lila Leontidou
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean City

The Microclimatic Effect of Green Infrastructure (GI) in a Mediterranean City: the Case of the Urban Park of Ciutadella (Barcelona, Spain)

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Moreno-García
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Temperature Measurements ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Cooling Intensity ◽  
Urban Cool Island ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean City

The use and promotion of green infrastructure (GI) is of great importance for improving urban climates and for helping cities to be more resilient and sustainable in the context of climate change. For this reason, the effect of urban parks on city climates is of great interest for research. In this study, temperature measurements were made during 14 nights in the winter and spring of 2015 in the largest park of the Mediterranean city of Barcelona, Spain: the Ciutadella Park. The analysis of the measurements made inside the park and in its adjacent urban environment has confirmed the existence of an urban cool island (UCI) with a maximum cooling intensity of 5.2°C (9.4°F) in winter, under anticyclonic situations preferably, and an average cooling intensity of 2.7°C (4.9°F). In the spring months, the urban cool island has an intensity under the average, with a maximum of 2.1°C (3.8°F).

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