Science Café Wageningen – Weather in the City

Are you curious about how we can keep our cities comfortable, even in the face of rising temperatures and ever-changing wind patterns? Join us for a compelling presentation on the newly revised Weather in the City, where landscape architect and urban planner Sanda Lenzholzer reveals how modern techniques and smart design choices can improve the urban climate. Discover how physical factors and environmental psychology shape our comfort in public spaces and learn practical ways to tackle urban heat stress and wind challenges. Don’t miss this chance to explore innovative strategies that help make our urban environments thrive in the face of climate change.

Join us to learn more about this spectacular topic on March 19^th, at Science Café Wageningen. We are expecting you from 19:45 onward in Café Loburg, for good talks, music, and discussions.

See the website of Science Cafe Wageningen for more information.

About the book

Ten years after its well-received publication, Weather in the City. How Design Shapes the Urban Climate is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many heat stress related problems, especially in our cities, which tend to exacerbate already high temperatures. At the same time, there is a growing awareness on the part of city dwellers and local councils of the problems caused by certain wind phenomena in the city.

This revised edition draws on current examples in demonstrating how the comfort of the urban environment can be enhanced using modern techniques and new methods. How we experience the urban climate depends on various physical and psychological factors. Based on these factors, Sanda Lenzholzer shows how basic climatic processes work in an urban environment, and how they can be influenced by spatial planning and urban design. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, outline drawings and practice-based examples. It is both a reference work and a source of inspiration for all those engaged in creating a liveable city, be they clients, policymakers, professionals or students involved in urban design, landscape architecture and planning.

Weather in the City is available in the (online) bookshop and on the nai010 webshop.