Urban Vegetation and Temperature Data for Pedestrian Thermal Comfort in Curitiba

Field study and simulation data analyzing the relationship between vegetation cover and air temperature in Curitiba, Brazil. The research, authored by Flávia Cristina Osaku Minella, proposes a vegetation fraction index and quantifies its cooling effect. Results suggest a 70% increase in vegetated fraction is needed to offset a 1°C rise in mean ambient temperature in the studied areas.

Use Cases

• Modeling the cooling effect of urban vegetation based on the proposed vegetation fraction index.
• Analyzing pedestrian thermal comfort changes using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) data.
• Evaluating urban requalification projects like highway transformations based on meteorological monitoring.
• Calibrating or validating urban microclimate models like ENVI-met with field study data.

Strengths

• Includes field-monitored meteorological data and computer simulation results from the ENVI-met model.
• Quantifies a specific relationship: a 70% vegetated fraction increase to offset a 1°C temperature rise.
• Focuses on two concrete urban mobility initiatives in Curitiba as case studies.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Geographic scope is limited to specific study areas (Sete de Setembro and Linha Verde) in Curitiba.
• Temporal coverage and last update date are unknown; freshness is unverified.

Provenance

Source

Flávia Cristina Osaku Minella via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Field monitoring of meteorological data and computer simulations using the ENVI-met model.

Geography

Curitiba, Brazil (specifically the Sete de Setembro and Linha Verde study areas).