绘制城市形态与美国三个城市的二氧化碳排放之间的关系,使用当地气候区 (LCZ) 框架
Masoud Javadpoor1, Ayyoob Sharifi2, Kevin R Gurney3
1School of Art & Architecture, Shiraz University, Iran.
Journal of environmental management
|October 9, 2024
概括
当地气候区 (LCZ) 地图显示,绿色有限的紧型城市地区的二氧化碳排放强度比开放的绿色空间高3.5倍. 这突出了城市形式.
科学领域:
- 城市规划和气候变化缓解
- 环境科学与可持续发展
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 和遥感技术
背景情况:
- 现有的关于城市形状和二氧化碳排放的研究往往缺乏细节性和标准化方法,专注于宏观层面的分析.
- 对特定的城市形式如何影响碳排放的微观理解对于有效的减排战略至关重要.
- 目前研究的局限性需要更详细的框架来分析城市形态及其对环境的影响.
研究的目的:
- 通过当地气候区 (LCZ) 框架,在微观层面研究城市形态和二氧化碳排放之间的关系.
- 评估三个美国城市不同城市形式的排放行为:巴尔的摩,印第安纳波利斯和洛杉矶.
- 为绘制和理解城市排放提供一个细节化和标准化的方法.
主要方法:
- 应用局部气候区 (LCZ) 框架进行微层城市分析.
- 在选定的城市区域内,在建筑物和街道层面绘制二氧化碳排放的地图.
- 对不同LCZ的排放强度和人均排放量进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 该LCZ框架有效地绘制了建筑物和街道层面的排放,揭示了不同城市形式的不同排放行为.
- 紧的,绿色较少的地区的排放强度是比开放的,植被丰富的地区高出3.5倍.
- 在紧的城市地区,人均排放量平均是较开放的城市地区的两倍.
结论:
- 城市生活区框架是理解城市形态与二氧化碳排放之间的复杂联系的一个有希望的工具.
- 调查结果表明,城市设计,特别是紧和绿色空间的平衡,显著影响排放水平.
- 该研究支持使用LCZ用于有针对性的低碳城市规划和气候变化缓解努力.
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