Urban climate project in Palma de Mallorca: Eje Alomar - Rosselló

Abstract

Climate change and urban heat island effects are no longer discussed anywhere, and its consequences will be the new paradigm with which we will face in the near future, in fact, we are suffering many of these effects in the present.

Even though we already have the scientific knowledge and the right tools, there weren't significant changes in the methodology of urban developments.

his article exposes the need for a metropolitan understanding of the urban environment, a complete analysis of the area (demographic, socio-economic, mobility, regulatory, climatic and the effects of climate change), the development of a climate behavior map of Climatops, the corroboration of the existence of an urban heat island effect in the region, the development of a map of climate recommendations, and the subsequent development of an urban climate project in the municipality of Palma de Mallorca focused on three areas of action: the improvement of urban green, generation of quality public space, and the promotion of more sustainable mobility.

In addition, the project will be subjected to climate simulations to determine and quantify the effects it will have on local climate behavior, as well as to verify its contribution as a mitigator of the urban heat island and climate change effects.