A study on the cooling capacities of urban parks and their interactions with the surrounding urban patterns
APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY, vol.2022, pp.1-28, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 2022
- Publication Date: 2022
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s12061-022-09452-4
- Journal Name: APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Geobase, PAIS International
- Page Numbers: pp.1-28
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In this study, the climatic interactions between parks and
the urban pattern surrounding them were investigated by sampling from two urban
parks which are located in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul. Parks are very
close to each other but their surrounding areas are different from each other
in terms of the building density and the urban pattern. The analyses were
carried out by examining the relationships between surface temperatures,
distances to the park, and zones. Surface temperature/park distance correlations
were examined in different zones by the bivariate method at a 0.01 significance
level, and it was observed that the parks displayed different correlations in
different pattern types and again each pattern type exhibited different
graphics in temperature/distance scatter plots. When the results were evaluated
from a climatic perspective, it was seen that a street with trees was more
effective than a park area that has a weak plantation. On the other hand, the
results also showed that the building geometries can cause the formation of
cool islands. So, the study revealed that street planting and urban design are
as important as the landscape design of park areas in terms of the cooling of
the city.