A Quantitative Morphological Method for Mapping Local Climate Types

Morphological characteristics of cities significantly influence urban heat island intensities and thermal responses to waves. Form attributes such as density, compactness, vegetation cover are commonly used analyse the impact morphology on overheating processes. However, use abstract large-scale classifications hinders a full understanding trade-off between single buildings their immediate surrounding microclimate. Without analytical tools able capture complexity with high resolution, microspatial dimension climate phenomena cannot be properly addressed. Therefore, this study develops new method for numerical identification types, based geometrical climate-related form surroundings in 25m 50m radius. The method, applied city Rotterdam, combines quantitative descriptors form, mapping GIS procedures, clustering techniques. resulting typo-morphological classification is assessed by modelling temperature, wind, humidity during hot summer period, ENVI-met. Significant correlations found morphotypes’ local phenomena, highlighting differences performative potential classified patterns. suggests that can provide insight into systemic relations buildings, context, risk different settings. Finally, highlights relevance advanced inform spatial planning mitigation strategies reduce overheating.