Green areas in Zurich

Context

Green areas are an important issue in the context of adaptation to climate change. City dwellers are particularly affected by the "heat island effect": Urban heat islands affect health and cause rising costs. Today, urban planning has several adaptation strategies at its disposal, such as green planning (e.g. trees, green roofs, façade greening), measures to change local wind conditions, alternative building materials, water dispensers, etc. Sensors and data acquisition help to analyse the effectiveness of measures.

Invovlement of citizen scientists

Our participatory approach was  based on focus groups. All interested persons were invited to participate in this process. In a relatively short time we could gain valuable information about experiences, implementation and planning of greening projects via target groups.