2025/06/04 by Tavares, Silvia, Fu, Jiawei
Engineering · Environmental Science · #Building Energy and Comfort Optimization #Urban Green Space and Health #Urban Heat Island Mitigation #Urban microclimate #built environment #climate-responsive design #heat stress #outdoor thermal comfort #urban comfort
paper · doi:10.34900/lr.v21i2.1307
openalex publication_date 2025/06/04 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
In this paper, we discuss the important role of landscape architecture and urban design in implementing urban heat mitigation strategies. We discuss how these professions relate to and are considered in studies focused on urban climate and outdoor thermal comfort. Strategies available through landscape architecture and urban design are closely associated with an improved urban thermal environment (Chu et al, 2024). Street orientation, building height and density, green cover ratio, building materials, and the shape and size of water bodies can mitigate urban heat by adjusting urban microclimate and reducing energy use (Abd Elraouf et al, 2022; Liu et al, 2022; Xu et al, 2019). In the context of climate change, it is therefore essential to properly design and plan the built environment for mitigating urban heat, and it is increasingly important to ensure effective communication between the science community and built environment professionals.