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| Author(s): |
Gustavo Torquatro Oliva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2023-11-27 |
| Examining board members: |
Demóstenes Ferreira da Silva Filho;
Aline de Holanda Nunes Maia;
Giovanni Sanesi
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| Advisor: | Demóstenes Ferreira da Silva Filho |
| Abstract | |
The role of the urban forest is extremely important in large cities, given their vulnerability to climate change. These urban green areas play a crucial role in promoting better air quality and reducing heat island effects. In São Paulo, the selected models indicate that in order to cool the average urban temperature of São Paulo by 0.5°C, increases of 17.50 and 22.56 percent points (p.p) would be needed, around 20 p.p for the rainy and dry seasons, respectively. In Piracicaba, the selected models (R2 around 60%) indicate that to cool the average urban temperature in Piracicaba by 0.5°C, increases of 25.4 and 9.3 percent points (p.p) would be needed for the rainy and dry seasons, respectively. For the relative humidity variable, models were obtained as a function of tree cover and other variables relating to land use with coefficients of determination of around 65% for both seasons. These results constitute essential information for implementing urban afforestation policies. Increases of this magnitude can be achieved by afforesting roads (not yet afforested), increasing the number of trees on roads that are already afforested and implementing new green spaces. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/10586-6 - THE ROLE OF THE URBAN FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Grantee: | Gustavo Torquatro Oliva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |