The Built Environment in a Changing Climate: Interactions, Challenges and Perspectives: Part II

Dear Colleagues,

Worldwide, the built environment is being strongly challenged by climatic alterations (escalation of both weather extremes and mean trends) that put a strain on (i) energy needs for cooling and the release of anthropogenic heat, (ii) mortality and morbidity due to overheating and air pollution, (iii) productivity and wellbeing, and (iv) access to public spaces and social prosperity. Therefore, it is worth asking, what is the future of the urban realm in a changing climate? What is the role of a growing population with expanding patterns of urbanization and consumption? How can we mitigate buildings’ and cities’ burden on local/global environmental change?

In this context, this Special Issue aims to publish high-quality papers targeting the following goals:

• Collecting criteria and methods to develop meteorological datasets including climate changes;
• Establishing innovative monitoring systems to capture the multifarious impacts of an evolving climate on the built environment;
• Defining the energy and comfort metrics in future buildings;
• Estimating impacts in terms of air quality and heat-related mortality and morbidity rates;
• Investigating the interaction between global and local climate changes;
• Defining governance models, legal frameworks, and agenda-setting methods to prioritize climate policies;
• Defining criteria and targets for urban and building integrated design in a warmer world.

Dr. Giulia Ulpiani
Dr. Tiziana Susca
Guest Editors

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