GI_Forum 2017, Volume 5, Issue 1 Journal for Geographic Information Science
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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GI_Forum 2017, Volume 5, Issue 1 Journal for Geographic Information Science
ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8158-3 Online Edition
Christian Mueller,
Ulrike Klein,
Angela Hof
S. 315 - 326 doi:10.1553/giscience2017_01_s315 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/giscience2017_01_s315
Abstract: Urban parks provide important ecosystem services, for instance curbing urban heating by the cooling effect of evapotranspiration and shading. As elderly people constitute a group of citizens who are particularly vulnerable to urban heating, the accessibility of urban parks is of special interest for this target group. For Salzburg City, we aggregated to census tracts (Zählsprengel) (1) the near-future average annual sum of summer days, as modelled by the Austrian national weather service, (2) the walking distances to urban parks as calculated by GIS-based network analysis, and (3) the proportion of citizens who are more than 65 years old. Using geostatistical cluster analysis, areas were identified which comprised a combination of high urban heating risk, a high proportion of elderly people, and low accessibility to urban parks. The case study showed that the methodology is suitable for identifying contiguous and homogeneous areas of interest to which targeted planning strategies for climate adaptation can be applied, especially if the spatial resolution is increased by microscale demographic data. Keywords: cluster analysis, urban heat, accessibility, urban green space, urban parks Published Online: 2017/06/30 12:15:50 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x00369daf Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GI_Forum publishes high quality original research across the transdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GIScience). The journal provides a platform for dialogue among GI-Scientists and educators, technologists and critical thinkers in an ongoing effort to advance the field and ultimately contribute to the creation of an informed GISociety. Submissions concentrate on innovation in education, science, methodology and technologies in the spatial domain and their role towards a more just, ethical and sustainable science and society. GI_Forum implements the policy of open access publication after a double-blind peer review process through a highly international team of seasoned scientists for quality assurance. Special emphasis is put on actively supporting young scientists through formative reviews of their submissions. Only English language contributions are published.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |