Impact of vegetation loss on urban microclimate: coupling of remote sensing studies and soil measurements.Subsidies for urban vegetation planning.

• Grant number: 15/17360-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Architecture and Urbanism Technology
• Principal Investigator: Denise Helena Silva Duarte
• Grantee: Luciana Schwandner Ferreira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Based on the outcomes of previous work (FERREIRA, 2012), the present research intends to continue the studies about the impact of vegetation clearance in São Paulo Metropolitan Region. The objective of this work is to quantify the impact of vegetation clearance in urban microclimate and to establish an insertion procedure of microclimate parameters of surface temperature, air temperature and humidity in the decision-making process and planning of vegetation in urban areas. The hypothesis of the study is that the vegetation cover loss causes increased surface temperature and reduced humidity, contributing to the increase of air temperature and thus the thermal discomfort in São Paulo Metropolitan Area, negatively impacting the quality of life in urban areas.Variations in the surface temperature obtained from satellite images will be analysed. Changes in surface temperature will be compared to the changes in vegetation cover in the same period. Data from different fixed weather stations in São Paulo will also be analyzed. The weather stations data will be correlated with land use information in the vicinity of the stations, quantified by remote sensing in order to evaluate the relationship between vegetation changes and changes in microclimate parameters. It is expected that the results achieved in both scales (the vicinity of the weather stations and the city of São Paulo as a whole), can provide information on the impact of vegetation cover changes in the microclimate parameters, supporting public policies of urban vegetation management.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CHING, JASON; ALIAGA, DAN; MILLS, GERALD; MASSON, VALERY; SEE, LINDA; NEOPHYTOU, MARINA; MIDDEL, ARIANE; BAKLANOV, ALEXANDER; REN, CHAO; NG, ED; et al. Pathway using WUDAPT's Digital Synthetic City tool towards generating urban canopy parameters for multi-scale urban atmospheric modeling. URBAN CLIMATE, v. 28, JUN 2019. (15/17360-5, 16/02825-5)

SILVA DUARTE, DENISE HELENA; TEIXEIRA GONCALVES, FABIO LUIZ; NG, E; FONG, S; REN, C. The Role of Planning, Urban and Building Design for Climate Adaptation in the Microscale: An Interdisciplinary Research Experience Empowering Architectural Education. 34TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY ARCHITECTURE: SMART AND HEALTHY WITHIN THE TWO-DEGREE LIMIT, VOL 2 (PLEA 2018), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2018-01-01. (14/50978-0, 16/02825-5, 15/17360-5, 16/01204-7)

SILVA DUARTE, DENISE HELENA; TEIXEIRA GONCALVES, FABIO LUIZ. Urban climate adaptation: an interdisciplinary research experience empowering architecture and urbanism education. REVISTA DE ARQUITECTURA-BOGOTA, v. 24, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2022-07-01. (14/50978-0, 15/17360-5, 16/02825-5, 16/01204-7)

FERREIRA, LUCIANA SCHWANDNER; SILVA DUARTE, DENISE HELENA. Exploring the relationship between urban form, land surface temperature and vegetation indices in a subtropical megacity. URBAN CLIMATE, v. 27, p. 105-123, MAR 2019. (15/17360-5, 16/02825-5)

FERREIRA, LUCIANA SCHWANDNER; SILVA DUARTE, DENISE HELENA; NG, E; FONG, S; REN, C. Exploring the Potential of WUDAPT Local Climate Zone Maps to Detect Vegetation Loss A Study for Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region from 2002 to 2017. 34TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PASSIVE AND LOW ENERGY ARCHITECTURE: SMART AND HEALTHY WITHIN THE TWO-DEGREE LIMIT, VOL 2 (PLEA 2018), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2018-01-01. (15/17360-5, 16/02825-5)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FERREIRA, Luciana Schwandner. Vegetation, surface temperature ande urban morphology: a portrait of the São Paulo metropolitan region.. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) São Paulo.