Weather in the City maps the relationship between spatial design and urban climate, showing practitioners how physical planning decisions directly shape the thermal, sensory, and psychological comfort of city life.
About This Book
Urban climate is not a fixed condition — it is the cumulative result of design choices. Sandra Lenzholzer, a landscape architect and urban designer, makes that argument concrete here, moving from the underlying physics of climatic processes to the spatial interventions that can modify them. The book bridges meteorological science and design practice, giving professionals a working framework for integrating climate-responsive thinking into urban design and landscape architecture projects. Equally useful as a reference and as a source of design precedents, it speaks to the full range of people shaping the built environment — from students and planners to clients and policymakers committed to producing liveable cities.
Key Features
- 224 pages of climate-focused urban design analysis, illustrated case studies, and spatial planning guidance
- Authored by Sandra Lenzholzer, landscape architect and urban designer
- Published by Nai010 Publishers
What You'll Discover
- How basic climatic processes — wind, solar radiation, humidity — behave differently within urban morphologies, and why that matters for design
- The physical and psychological factors that together determine how people experience outdoor thermal comfort in cities
- How spatial planning instruments and urban design decisions can be used to actively modify microclimate conditions
- Contemporary built examples demonstrating climate-responsive design strategies applied across urban design and landscape architecture contexts
About the Author
Sandra Lenzholzer is a landscape architect and urban designer whose work sits at the intersection of climatic science and spatial practice. Her research focuses on how urban environments can be designed to improve human comfort and climate resilience.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 224
- Dimensions: 240 x 170 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789462089143
- Publisher: Nai010 Publishers
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and students seeking a design-grounded understanding of microclimate and climate-responsive urban environments.