Affiliation:
1. Western Sydney University, School of Engineering, Design & Built Environment, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia.
Abstract
An Urban Heat Islands (UHI) are one of the most common phenomena of the 21st century. Climate change, and the
associated rising trend of urban temperature is exaggerating the creation and extension of urban heat islands (UHI). This
paper investigates various urban greening scenarios in the line with developing the resilient Sydney strategical
document. Two different cooling street strategies are investigated in this research including high reflective pavement
and green canopy cover. ENVI-Met software has been applied for simulating and quantifying microclimate processes at
the urban scale before and after introducing urban greening scenarios. The results of this study show that applying the
light-coloured pavement instead of asphalt surface will decrease surface temperature by up to 20°C. Planting short to
medium height trees in the side walks will decrease the air temperature by up to 3°C and surface temperature by up to
11°C.
Subject
Visual Arts and Performing Arts,Communication,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Science Applications,Mechanical Engineering,Transportation,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Molecular Biology,Molecular Biology,Structural Biology,Catalysis,General Engineering,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Process Chemistry and Technology,Catalysis,Process Chemistry and Technology,Biochemistry,Bioengineering,Catalysis,Cell Biology,Genetics,Molecular Biology,General Medicine