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Urban climate over time Rising temperature, especially the increase in summer days (≥25°C) and tropical nights (≥20°C), as well as the increased occurrence of extreme weather events (e.g., heavy rain or heat waves) are increasingly becoming the focus of urban and landscape planning. The urban heat island and other urban climate effects already occur in medium-sized cities like Kassel and influence the bioclimatic situatiuon for humans, animals and plants.
But how were the urban climatic conditions in Kassel in the past? Which data bases, analyses and preparatory work for the past and the future are available or needed? Can these data be used to estimate how the climate in Kassel will develop in the future?
In view of the ongoing climate change, it is an important task of municipalities and planners to systematically consider climatic aspects in urban development. Pressures must be reduced in a targeted manner for the surrounding area through forward-looking urban planning and the implementation of individual climate adaptation measures.
The aim of the project is to record the urban structures of the city of Kassel during different development stages of the city and to put them into the urban climatic context, to analyze and evaluate them. For this purpose, existing climate and weather data, satellite and aerial photographs, as well as previous scientific studies are compiled, analyzed and further developed by means of simulations in order to make local statements about the past, status quo and future. In doing so, students acquire and deepen their knowledge and methodological skills in urban climatology and practice putting the results into the context of urban and open space planning.
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