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Sustainable placemaking and thermal comfort conditions in urban spaces: the cas...
Silva Lopes, Hélder; Remoaldo, Paula; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Ribeiro, Vítor; Silva, Lígia Torres; Martin-Vide, JavierThe urban microclimate of Avenida dos Aliados and Praça da Liberdade was subjected to comprehensive examination through twelve measurement campaigns at six strategic observation points over the course of two seasons, namely summer and winter, between 2019 and 2020. The study employed an objective approach based on measurements to evaluate key microclimatic factors, including air temperature, which ranged from 1...
Sustainable placemaking and thermal comfort conditions in urban spaces: the cas...
Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Ribeiro, Vítor; Silva, Lígia Torres; Martín-Vide, JavierThe urban microclimate of Avenida dos Aliados and Praça da Liberdade was subjected to comprehensive examination through twelve measurement campaigns at six strategic observation points over the course of two seasons, namely summer and winter, between 2019 and 2020. The study employed an objective approach based on measurements to evaluate key microclimatic factors, including air temperature, which ranged from 1...
Green infrastructure and its influence on urban heat island, heat risk, and air...
Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Cherif, Nadhima; Silva, Lígia Torres; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina AlmeidaGreen infrastructure plays a fundamental role in mitigating the effects of urban heat island. Vegetation may trap particulates and absorb pollutants like ozone, thus improving air quality. Understanding how green infrastructure reduces urban heat island and air pollution within specific urban zones can provide valuable insights for better urban design, improved environmental quality, and increased resident well...
Contribution of nature-based solutions (NbS) to resilience: a review of Europea...
Ribeiro, Inácio Filipe Pinto; Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida; Ribeiro, Vítor; Alves, Juliana Araújo; Silva, Lígia TorresClimate change has a global impact, particularly in urban areas. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are gaining prominence as an important alternative, harnessing natural processes to deliver socio-economic and environmental benefits, particularly in urban and peri-urban areas, owing to their multifaceted nature. In Europe, NbS are being primarily explored in urban environments to enhance resilience to extreme climat...
A geospatial approach to urban project management and resilience: promoting cli...
Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Rocha, José Pedro; Santos, Vasco; Silva, Lígia Torres; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina Almeida; Ribeiro, VítorThe escalating impacts of climate change necessitate innovative urban planning and management strategies to safeguard communities against extreme weather events. This study explores the creation of climate shelters areas with the use of technologies, namely a mobile application, within the urban center of Braga, Portugal. Utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) project, we mapped areas of extreme heat ri...
Environmental quality and ecosystem services in urban green spaces: An integrat...
Andriolli, Ana Cláudia; Martins, Simão; Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Silva, Lígia TorresIn densely populated areas such as urban centres, where soil sealing, buildings, air pollution, and noise from road traffic are greater, the presence of urban green spaces (UGS) plays an important role by providing ecosystem ser-vices that significantly impact population’s health and well-being, as well as on urban biodiversity. The city of Braga has important UGS located within Braga’s inner ring road: Monte P...
Soluções baseadas na natureza em espaços urbanos num contexto de alterações cli...
Ribeiro, I.; Lopes, H. S.; Silva, Lígia Torres; Ribeiro, V.; Alves, J. A.; Remoaldo, Paula Cristina AlmeidaAs alterações climáticas causam impactes globais, mas têm particular incidência nas áreas urbanas. As soluções baseadas na natureza (SbN) emergem como alternativas importantes, aproveitando os processos naturais. Na Europa, as SbN são utilizadas principalmente nos ambientes urbanos para aumentar a resiliência a fenómenos climático-meteorológicos extremos, num contexto de alterações climáticas. A União Europeia ...
Are low emission zones truly embraced by the public?
Andriolli, Ana Claudia; Silva, Lígia TorresRapid urbanization and car-centric mobility solutions have resulted in the degradation of environmental urban quality, impacting people’s health and well-being and city economies and harming urban ecosystems. Faced with the need to tackle traffic pollution, more than 300 low emission zones (LEZs) have been implemented, causing some social controversy. Nonetheless, researchers have focused their studies on evalu...
Gestão de risco na reabilitação de uma mina de água
Reis, Cristina; Cunha, Henrique; Silva, Lígia Torres; Fonseca, Fernando Pereira da; Lopes, Hélder Tiago da Silva; Braga, Paula; Oliveira, CarlosThe main purpose of this research work was the application, “on site“, of general prevention principles. For this it was necessary to take into account Law nº 102/2009, of september the 10th, amended by Law no. 3/2014 of january 28th, Series I of 2014-01-28, of the Portuguese Official Gazette, which continues to transpose the principles of the framework directive. This framework diretive was, meanwhile, amended...
Solar radiation measurement tools and their impact on in situ testing—A Portugu...
Oliveira, Marta; Lopes, Hélder Silva; Mendonça, Paulo; Tenpierik, Martin; Silva, Lígia TorresAccurate knowledge of solar radiation data or its estimation is crucial to maximize the benefits derived from the Sun. In this context, many sectors are re-evaluating their investments and plans to increase profit margins in line with sustainable development based on knowledge and estimation of solar radiation. This scenario has drawn the attention of researchers to the estimation and measurement of solar radia...