EVOLUTION OF MICROCLIMATE EFFECT OF AN URBAN PARK OVER THEIR BUILT ENVIRONMENT

M. ANGÉLICA RUIZ; M. FLORENCIA COLLI; CLAUDIA F. MARTINEZ; ERICA N. CORREA

Vedat Dalokay Caddesi

Conferencia; TUBA World Conference on Energy Science and Technology (TUBA WCEST-2021) 8-12 August 2021; 2021

Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA)

Arid cities suffer the effects of urban heat island (UHI), with negative impacts on the environment, people andeconomies. Urban greening is a strategy for mitigating UHI. However, vegetation demands high scarce resources incities on dry land. Hence, it is necessary to rethink the relationship between green spaces and its surrounding builtenvironment. This work´s objective is to evaluate the impact of Mendoza´s Parque Central (Argentina) on the airtemperatures of its built environment, taking as a measure the park cool island intensity (PCI) in the 2007-2017 period.Parque Central has a strategic value for the urban development of a residential area with a medium to high constructiondensity. Methodologically, two monitoring campaigns were carried out during the summer periods of 2007-2008 and2016-2017. In each campaign, temperature and relative humidity sensors were installed in the area. Satellite imagesfrom Landsat 7 were analyzed and the NDVI and NDBI indices were determined. The results indicate that over 10seasons, the park?s maximum NDVI has increased more than 8 times, while the maximum PCI intensities haveincreased 2.31 times.