The effects of urban obstructions in Mediterranean climates: built form typology, density and energy
In spite of the ever increasing unsustainable nature of the "conventional" city and its concurrent assertion as a human habitat par excellence, it is important to define intervention strategies that can improve the "metabolic" operation of built environments. If related to urban...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/12343 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2099/12343 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/ace.v7i19.2559 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterrània, Regió Architecture and climate -- Mediterrània, Regió Energy conservation -- Mediterrània, Regió Urban density Built form typology Solar radiation and energy consumption Mediterranean compact city Densitat urbana Tipologia de la forma construïda Radiació solar Consum d’energia Ciutat compacta mediterrània Tipología de la forma construida Radiación solar Consumo de energía Ciudad compacta mediterránea Urbanisme -- Aspectes ambientals -- Mediterrània, Regió Arquitectura i clima -- Mediterrània, Regió Energia -- Estalvi -- Mediterrània, Regió Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme::Impacte ambiental |
| Sumario: | In spite of the ever increasing unsustainable nature of the "conventional" city and its concurrent assertion as a human habitat par excellence, it is important to define intervention strategies that can improve the "metabolic" operation of built environments. If related to urban morphology, these take on more effective potentiality and are a guiding tool for more appropriate, more beneficial interventions. In the specific context of the Mediterranean compact city, the interaction between density, morphology and energy discussed here is one of the components required if not for the complex solution of the problem, then at least for reducing the environmental impact of urban models. The results here proposed of a comparative study carried out on various fabrics in the city of Barcelona, in search of parametric relations between density and energy-environmental behaviour. The said relations, we analyse the effects of urban obstructions: the basis of knowledge required for conscious built environment transformation, towards more efficient conditions. |
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