Thesis document - Jana Milosovicova - Urban Design English

“Climate-Sensitive Urban Design aims at the combination of various elements that mitigate theurban heat island (UHI) effects. The design is to involve street profiles, building orientations andappropriate urban density and compactness, which provide adequate geometry for shading andnatural ventilation of streetscapes and buildings and thus alleviate the anthropogenic heat loads.The urban form arrangements are to be combined with the decentralized overground rainwatermanagement, water bodies, green roofs, podium gardens, balcony/terrace gardens, façadegreenery, street plantings (trees and vegetated swales), foregardens and any other possible meansof greening cities, and with the (re-)creation of natural-like, air- and water-permeable surfaces.”About the authorJana Milošovičová is a Master’s degree candidate in Urban Design. Her LandscapeArchitecture Diploma’s Thesis (2006) dealt with a green space system for the citycentre of Bratislava (Slovakia) where, among other issues, she addressed urbanclimate, water and vegetation. Since 2006, Jana’s focus has been on the thoroughinvestigation of the environmental aspects of urban design and planning, with aparticular interest in how can urban climate be influenced by urban design andhow design and planning can address global warming mitigation and adaptationin moderate climate cities. This Thesis document is Jana’s most recent andcomprehensive work on Climate-Sensitive Urban Design.