News from NIA | Contribution of a Chapter in Local Climate Zone Application in Sustainable Urban Development: Experience from East and Southeast Asian High-Density Cities

Ar. Aveek Ghosh, Assistant professor at NIA contributed a Chapter (fifth) in a research publication in the SPRINGER book, indexed in Scopus, called the “Local Climate Zone Application in Sustainable Urban Development: Experience from East and Southeast Asian High-Density Cities”. Following are the details:

 

• Book title: Local Climate Zone Application in Sustainable Urban Development: Experience from East and Southeast Asian High-Density Cities
•  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56168-9
• Publisher: Springer, Switzerland
• Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56167-2 (21 June 2024)
• Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-56170-2 (22 July 2024)

The book studies larger implications for mitigating urban heat island effect and designing climate-sensitive built environments with a particular focus on high-density cities. The chapter by Ar. Aveek Ghosh, provides an overview of the wide range of research efforts which adopted the local climate zone (LCZ) framework to measure and estimate urban heat islands in Asian high-density cities. The chapter deliberates upon three key aspects: (1) urban configuration and the magnitude of UHI in high-density cities; (2) various spatial classification frameworks and (3) applicability of the LCZ scheme through multiple investigations conducted globally. Congested LCZs experience elevated temperatures at the canopy and surface level during the night whereas sparsely-built LCZs record much lower temperatures both during the day and night. The wide range of observational studies conducted across climatic zones proves the suitability of LCZ classification to consistently demonstrate thermal contrasts within cities and urban environments.