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Urban design and planning for extreme heat: an empirical study of built environment professionals’ perceptions in South East Queensland, Australia
Cities & Health, Vol.8(4), pp.653-665
2024
Abstract
Extreme heat is currently Australia’s deadliest natural hazard. The intensity of heat events is increasing due to climate change, and further exacerbated by urban heat islands. Urban design and planning solutions can assist in reducing heat-health risks, but they are rarely implemented. Through semi-structured interviews and an online survey, we investigated the role of such solutions in planning and urban design practice in South-East Queensland, Australia. The results showed planning professionals had lower awareness of the role urban design and planning played in heat mitigation and adaptation strategies compared to urban designers and architects. Continued professional development and a greater inclusion of heat mitigation design provisions in Queensland’s planning system and Australian planning education are outlined as future requirements.
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- Title
- Urban design and planning for extreme heat: an empirical study of built environment professionals’ perceptions in South East Queensland, Australia
- Authors
- Ryan McNeilly Smith (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietySilvia Tavares (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyNicholas Stevens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Cities & Health, Vol.8(4), pp.653-665
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1080/23748834.2023.2290901
- ISSN
- 2374-8842; 2374-8834
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99986604302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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