SH0020 - LABORATORY B - CLIMATE ADAPTATION

courses

ID:

SH0020

Duration (hours):

96

CFU:

SSD:

Indefinito/Interdisciplinare

Located in:

PESCARA

Url:

Course Details:

SUSTAINABLE HABITAT SCIENCES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 3

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (23/02/2026 - 22/05/2026)

Course Objectives

The CLIMATE ADAPTATION LABORATORY B aims to provide the theoretical and operational tools for urban and environmental analysis of a portion of city. In particular, to identify environmental and climate issues and to make a program of interventions for adaptation to climate change. It aims to provide basic knowledge about comfort indices within the context of climate change, their calculation, and the understanding of the heat island and its assessment through software tools made available to students. The goal will be to provide an understanding of the fundamental principles of comfort indices so that they can support planning activities. In addition, introductory notions will be provided about the retrieval and generation of current and forecast climate files, to be used in support of planning activities.

Course Prerequisites

Ecology and Environment;
Elements of Technical Physics.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lessons, conferences, and laboratory exercises conducted in the classroom or online

Assessment Methods

Learning assessment methods:
Oral exam

Texts

- Fabbro S. 2024, Postmetropoli e “aree ecopolitane”. Dall’urbanistica al governo del territorio nell’epoca della transizione ecologica, con contributi di autori esterni, ed. Carocci.
- Gisotti G. 2007, Ambiente urbano. Introduzione all'ecologia urbana, Dario Flaccovio Editore, Milano.
- Kevin Ka-Lun Lau , Zheng Tan , Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Chao Ren, Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Environment, Springer Singapore
- Lombardi R., Leach J., Rogers C. 2012, Designing Resilient Cities. A guide to good practice, IHS BRE Press.
- Manigrasso M., Mastrolonardo L. 2014, A.R.M.I. Adattamento, Resilienza, Metabolismo, Intelligenza, EdicomEdizioni, Monfalcone.
- Scudo G., Ochoa de la Torre 2003, Spazi verdi urbani. La vegetazione come strumento di progetto per il confort ambientale negli spazi abitati, Sistemi Editoriali Esselibri, Napoli.

Effects and impacts of climate change on inhabited territories;
Analysis of Italian and international climate adaptation plans;
Urban and environmental analysis of the area under study;
References to technical physics;
Climate change and its impact on outdoor comfort;
Outdoor comfort indices;
Calculation of outdoor comfort indices;
The heat island;
Calculation of the heat island.
Development of an action plan for climate adaptation for the study area.

Course Language

Italian

More information

Appointments can be made on the reception days published on the Department's website by writing to the following email addresses:
claudia.faraone@unich.it
camilla.lops@unich.it
mariano.pierantozzi@unich.it