Climatic-responsive planning and action for mitigating heat-related health risk at community level in high density cities– A Case of Hong Kong

Professor Ren, Chao   (Principal Investigator (PI))

Dr Lau Kevin Ka-Lun   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Geggins William   (Co-Investigator)

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Climatic-responsive planning and action for mitigating heat-related health risk at community level in high density cities– A Case of Hong Kong

High Density City, Sustainable Urban Design, Urban Climate, Urban Planning

ArchitectureEnvironmental Design (including interior design, space design)

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

14611517

General Research Fund (GRF)

2017

Completed

1 to collect and collate social, economic and environmental information of each of the Tertiary Planning Unit (TPUs) in GIS; 2 to investigate the spatial variation of intra-urban temperature under extreme hot weather conditions (daytime and nighttime) to quantify the magnitude of extreme hot weathers; 3 to adopt the RT statistical method to map out heat exposure and vulnerability at community level; 4 based on the above findings, to develop a heat-related risk map with five risk levels; and 5 to draw up a climate-responsive design action list and providing a reference to planners and governors when they are considering land use, landscape planning and development intensity.