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Climate change in urban areas, Part 1, Effects

Klimawandel im urbanen Bereich, Teil 1, Wirkungen

  • Wilhelm Kuttler1 

Environmental Sciences Europe volume 23, Article number: 11 (2011) Cite this article

Abstract

The objective of this article, which is being published in two parts, is to investigate the effects of global climate change on a conurbation (the Ruhr area) and to discuss local counter-measures.

Part 1 deals with the origins of the natural and anthropogenic greenhouse effects, presents the contributions of the two effects to global warming and discusses recent examples of climate development from the Ruhr metropolis. The climate changes projected by various numeric and statistical models include an increase in thermal stress for city-dwellers and a rise in convective precipitation with corresponding run-off peaks in summer. As regard air pollutants (e.g. O3, PM10), it will mainly be the concentration of the near-surface trace gas ozone which will be clearly increased with rising temperatures. In contrast, a close correlation between atmospheric fine dust concentrations (≤ PM10) and temperature changes has not yet been established.

Part 2 of the publication indicates how global climate change can be effectively combated at the local level using a number of application-oriented examples. These include measures affecting both individual properties and whole areas with a view to reducing urban overheating and CO2 emissions.

Zusammenfassung

Ziel dieses Beitrags, der in zwei Teilen erfolgt, ist es, die Wirkungen des globalen Klimawandels auf einen Ballungsraum (Ruhrgebiet) zu untersuchen und Gegenmaβnahmen auf lokaler Ebene zu diskutieren.

Im ersten Teil wird auf die Entstehung des natürlichen und anthropogenen Treibhauseffektes eingegangen und deren jeweilige Beiträge an der globalen Überwärmung herausgestellt. Exemplarisch wird auf die jüngere Klimaentwicklung in der Metropolregion Ruhr eingegangen. Zu den durch verschiedene numerische und statistische Modelle projizierten Klimaveränderungen zählen auch die Zunahme thermischer Belastungen für die Stadtbevölkerung sowie die Verstärkung sommerlicher konvektiver Niederschläge mit entsprechenden Abflussspitzen. Unter den Luftverunreinigungen wird es in erster Linie das bodennahe Spurengas Ozon sein, dass bei ansteigenden Temperaturen eindeutig höhere Konzentrationen erwarten lässt, wohingegen die atmosphärischen Feinstaubkonzentrationen (≤ PM10) bislang keine enge Bindung an die Temperaturentwicklung erkennen lassen.

Im zweiten Teil der Publikation wird anhand verschiedener anwendungsorientierter Beispiele gezeigt, wie dem globalen Klimawandel auf lokaler Ebene wirksam begegnet werden kann. Hierzu zählen objektbezogene wie auch flächenabhängige Maβnahmen, deren Ziel es ist, sowohl die urbane Überwärmung als auch die Emission an CO2 wirksam zu reduzieren.

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Kuttler, W. Climate change in urban areas, Part 1, Effects. Environ Sci Eur 23, 11 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/2190-4715-23-11

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  • urban climate
  • global climate change
  • effects
  • counter-measures
  • air pollution
  • CO2
  • O3
  • PM10
  • conurbation
  • Ruhr area
  • Stadtklima
  • globaler Klimawandel
  • Auswirkungen
  • Gegenmaβnahmen
  • Luftverunreinigung
  • CO2
  • O3
  • PM10
  • Ballungsraum
  • Ruhrgebiet
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