Clima urbano aplicado ao planejamento de cidades: uma proposta de metodologia de suporte à decisão dos planejadores

Abstract

The world population is concentrated in urban areas and its greatest growth is observed in developing countries of (sub) tropical climates, which brings severe environmental consequences for cities. However, there is not an investment in the evaluation of the impact of urbanization on climate of these areas. The purpose of the article is to start a discussion of adequacy of existing methodology, called "urban climatic maps", capable of integrating the urban climatology and urban planning through a language accessible to planners. The work is in an early stage and his aim was to outline the likely lines of research development for the adequacy of the existing methodology taking into account the particularities of the urban form of Brazilian cities and specific features of the tropical climate.