Urban climatology applied to urban planning: a postwar knowledge circulation failure
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Article Title | Urban climatology applied to urban planning: a postwar knowledge circulation failure |
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ERA Journal ID | 5955 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hebbert, Michael (Author) and MacKillop, Fionn (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research |
Journal Citation | 37 (5), pp. 1542-1558 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0309-1317 |
1468-2427 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12046 |
Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.12046/pdf |
Abstract | The article discusses an instance of knowledge that failed to circulate - the application of urban climatology in town planning. This field of applied science was systematized in German-speaking universities and cities and remains most firmly established in North-Central Europe. In the decades after the second world war successive commissions and study groups of the World Meteorological Organization, the International Federation of Housing and Planning, the Confederation Internationale du Batiment and the International Society for Biometeorology sought to spread awareness of climatological factors among planners and architects worldwide. The article examines the organizations and individuals involved in this campaign, describes their meetings, publications and outreach, and assesses the disappointing impact. The legacy of this failure is considered in the context of present-day interest in planning for carbon mitigation and climate-change adaptation. |
Keywords | knowledge transfer; town planning technique; urban climatology; World Meteorological Organization |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 330411. Urban design |
370202. Climatology | |
330105. Architectural science and technology | |
Public Notes | © 2013 Urban Research Publications Limited. Published online 28 Jun 2013. Published version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | University College London, United Kingdom |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1zx3/urban-climatology-applied-to-urban-planning-a-postwar-knowledge-circulation-failure
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