S12 | Prioritizing local urban adaptation infrastructure based on multiple outcomes
Prioritizing local urban adaptation infrastructure based on multiple outcomes
Convener: E. Scott Krayenhoff | Co-conveners: Hang Yin, Timothy Jiang, Negin Nazarian

With ongoing exacerbation of heat and precipitation extremes due to climate change, urban adaptation is of increasing importance. A diversity of urban adaptation strategies or infrastructures have been proposed and, in many cases, implemented to a limited degree, each with a particular set of benefits and drawbacks that are geographically dependent. However, it remains unclear which strategies or combinations thereof may optimize practical outcomes in any given street or neighbourhood. This session invites contributions that assess urban adaptation infrastructures, including but not limited to various types of green, grey and blue infrastructure and novel/cool materials. These infrastructures should be evaluated based on multiple practical outcomes of relevance to local urban climates and associated environmental outcomes, including, for example, thermal exposure (indoor or outdoor), building energy use, air quality, stormwater management, and feasibility. Contributions should assess at least two outcomes, and/or compare at least two types of adaptation infrastructures, with an aim to support prioritization of adaptation infrastructure in a particular street, neighbourhood, city, region, or beyond. Attention to synoptic climate, neighbourhood type, season, and so on, is encouraged. Both measurement and modelling contributions are welcomed.

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