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: Received: 8 August 2018 / Approved: 9 August 2018 / Online: 9 August 2018 (06:21:33 CEST)
How to cite:
Silva, I.; Santos, R.; Lopes, A.; Araújo, V. Morphological Indices as Urban Planning Tools in Northeastern Brazil. Preprints2018, 2018080177. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0177.v1
Silva, I.; Santos, R.; Lopes, A.; Araújo, V. Morphological Indices as Urban Planning Tools in Northeastern Brazil. Preprints 2018, 2018080177. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0177.v1
Silva, I.; Santos, R.; Lopes, A.; Araújo, V. Morphological Indices as Urban Planning Tools in Northeastern Brazil. Preprints2018, 2018080177. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0177.v1
APA Style
Silva, I., Santos, R., Lopes, A., & Araújo, V. (2018). Morphological Indices as Urban Planning Tools in Northeastern Brazil. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0177.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Silva, I., António Lopes and Virgínia Araújo. 2018 "Morphological Indices as Urban Planning Tools in Northeastern Brazil" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0177.v1
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze urban form through the mapping of morphological indices, namely impervious surface fraction, building density, verticality, height/width ratio, roughness length, and porosity, to support urban planning in the city of João Pessoa, PB, in northeastern Brazil. The application of this study identifies and calculates such significant indices for the city's urban space from a Geographic Information System (GIS) model. The spatial indices play notable roles in climate at different scales, developing guidelines to maximize environmental quality, promote improvements to thermal comfort, minimize the urban heat island in the city of João Pessoa, and provide relevant data (considering microclimate aspects), guiding decisions related to the planning process.
Keywords
morphological indices; urban climate; planning process
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
